Endangered Historical Locations

The central goal of the article is to show several historical U.S. landmarks that have become irrelevant these days and are in danger of extinction. The article is written as if to raise tourist attraction to these locations and raise public awareness about the possible extinction of these areas. All of the locations provided in the article have been chosen by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as the most important and soon-to-be-endangred locales. What is most interesting about this editorial is that it provides background information about the locations, so as to let people know about the importance of the locations. I am a bit of a history buff and this sort of information interests me, so I found this article to be really enjoyable. Some of the landmarks included in the article that most interested me were the Ellis Island Hospital Complex (which is a not-so booming hospital nowadays), Malcolm X's home (has been rumored to be turned into housing for graduate students studying African American history, social justice, and civil rights), and the Princeton Battlefield (one the site of a battle during the American Revolution and now a struggle with maintaining rich farmlands as people are closing in on the area in order to build housing).

I found this article on Yahoo! and found it to be really interesting because I had always wondered what had happened to some of these historical locations and I had wondered whether these locales had been kept up for tourist appreciation. The article provided a bunch of pictures of each of the locations that it spoke about. The article is actually very well-written and includes facts along with pictures, so the article is enjoyable to follow along with. Though the article is not a hard-hitting news story, it is a commemorative editorial about historical locations of the past and their relevance today. I did enjoy finding out about a bunch of these locations and I may actually visit a couple of these locations someday because the article made them seem very interesting.

Source: http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/u-s--landmarks-in-danger-of-extinction-20120605.html