Our intimate affairs with chosen landmarks are often all passion with no responsibility. If you've ever caught yourself lusting after the vertical fins and cantilevered overhang, or felt embraced by the brown banding of this 1947 International Modern house in the Hancock neighborhood, you are not alone. The ardor shared by locals won't come to an end this year if citizens and preservation leaders prevail over a life-changing bulldozer. Due to a crack team of speakers from Mid Tex Mod, Preservation Austin, the Texas Historical Commission, and Preservation Texas, a unanimous vote by the Texas Historic Landmark Commission has so far forestalled tragedy, but saving this lover from the railroad tracks remains an uphill battle.
