If preserving historically significant architecture is the very definition of sustainability, it can also be a long and winding road. Such is the case for adaptively reusing the Marcel Breuer-designed Ameritrust Tower.

A small group of thoughtful people continue to make the case that the county will save millions of dollars while reducing its budget deficit, diverting tons of materials from the landfill and preserving an important piece of our national building heritage.

They may have turned the tide as recent reports indicate the county is in conversation with two developers interested in taking the tower and making something of it.

Read a brief history of this preservation effort, including letters from influential art and architecture professionals, and GreenCityBlueLake’s appeal to the National Trust for Historic Preservation which lead to the Trust sending a letter this week calling for the county to “investigate this possibility to save the building from the landfill through sale to a preservation-sensitive developer committed to saving both the Rotunda and the Ameritrust Tower.”