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Library of Congress Gives Hillside Bunker a New Use
The National Audio-Visual Conservation Center opens in Culpeper, Va.; facility to preserve Library of Congress’ collection of moving pictures and sound recordings
The newly completed Library of Congress Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, located on the hillside of Mount Pony in Culpeper, Va., is now open to the public. Set on a 45-acre campus, the 415,000-square-foot Packard Campus gives new life to an immense bunker once used by the Federal Reserve to house currency while doing double duty as a potential hideaway for government officials in case of a nuclear attack. Two new buildings were added to the reused bunker.

Up on the Roof: Green Roof Will Boost Energy Savings for Philadelphia Senior Housing Development
The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) recently broke ground on its first completely green building. Nellie Reynolds Gardens, an 85,000-square-foot housing development for low-income seniors, is being constructed on the site of a former victory garden in North Philadelphia. Crowned by a 20,000-square-foot green roof that will sport a bed of flowering plants, the $23.4-million development is slated to be a model of energy efficiency and a clean environment in this older, industrial neighborhood of Strawberry Mansion.