“Willert Park Courts, the first housing complex for African Americans in Buffalo and an early example of International Style design, will receive the Docomomo US 2020 Modernism in America Advocacy Award of Excellence. The organization’s top advocacy prize honors the work of Preservation Buffalo Niagara and the Michigan Street Preservation Corporation, who for over 15 years have maintained their stance that the complex is “one of the single most historic places in the City of Buffalo.” The organizations have dedicated countless hours and resources to the preservation battle for this culturally, socially and architecturally significant resource.
The award for Willert Park Courts will be presented along with all eighteen of this year’s Modernism in America Award recipients during a virtual ceremony on Thursday November 12, 2020. The event is free but registration is required.”
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