The National Trust for Historic Preservation named the 2008 list ofAmerica`s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places®, an annual list thathighlights important examples of the nation`s architectural, culturaland natural heritage that are at risk for destruction or irreparabledamage.

The 21st annual list includes: California`s State Park System, whosebudget has been repeatedly slashed and now faces $1.2 billion indeferred maintenance; Charity Hospital and adjacent neighborhood in NewOrleans, where proposed development projects would abandon thecurrently closed, but reparable hospital, and would demolish 25 blockswith 200 homes to make way for two new hospital complexes; and, NewYork`s Lower East Side, the neighborhood that embodies the history ofimmigration in America, that is steadily and irrevocably being erasedby inappropriate development. 

 "The 21st annual list of America`s 11 Most Endangered HistoricPlaces includes sites that reflect extraordinary periods of Americanhistory," said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust forHistoric Preservation. "These places tell remarkable stories aboutexploration, immigration, Civil Rights, civic pride and culturalachievement, and our nation cannot afford to lose them along with thestories they tell."