We, the undersigned, oppose to the demolition of the building of
17 Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, Athens, Greece for the following reasons:

-The building is Listed, being one of the very few samples of the Art Deco movement in Athens' architectural landscape.

-There are no practical problems created in association with the functioning of the New Acropolis Museum,and in any case the museum was designed and constructed taking into consideration the existing urban network and especially the listed buildings, which is obvious from publications as well as the design of the museum itself, and the competition terms.
http://areopagitou17.blogspot.com/

-The support for our campaign has been expressed by perstigious national and international organizations and internationally recognized personalities of the arts and culture as well as other fields, (architects, archaeologists, writers, academics). http://areopagitou17.blogspot.com/

-The decision of the Ministry of Culture to disqualify the building as a Work of Art with the sole purpose of demolition and without objective arguments, lead 341 of its employees to strongly oppose the decision of the Ministry by which they are employed. This was expressed in a decisive letter posted on the 14th of November 2007.
http://yperareopagitou.blogspot.com/

-Over 8500 citizens and visitors have signed the petition books at the entrance of the building during the last 2 months,most of them accompanied by comments of anger and rage towards any intention of destroying the building, and many of them expressing shame about being the citizen of a country that doesnt respect its own cultural identity.

-Publications in national and international press and websites refer to the case:

INTERNATIONAL:
The Sunday Times,Matthew Campbell,18/11/07
The New York Times,06/11/07
Planetizen,22/10/07
Los Angeles Times,Tracy Wilkinson,21/10/07
The Journal Gazette,Tracy Wilkinson,16/10/07
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer,15/10/07,By Tracy Wilkinson,
L.A.TIMES-13/10/2007
Washington Post,Nicholas Paphitis,13/09/07
Guardian Unlimited,13/09/07
ap headlines 13/09/07
reuters 12/09/07
International Herald Tribune,12/09/07
Bloomberg 16/08/07-Maria Petrakis
CORRIERE DELLA SERA 12/08/2007
The Independent,04/08/2007La Tribune de l' Art 03/08/07
Fox News,By ELENA BECATOROS,2/08/07
Washington Post 02/08/07 - elena becatoros
HomeboyMediaNews,1/08/07
USA Today - Elena Becatoros
Bloomberg - Maria Petrakis
USA Today - Elena Becatoros
Triera Slovenia,31/07/2007
The Observer 29/07/07-Helena Smith
HomeboyMediaNews 28/07/07
Galera 26/07/07
Galera 25/07/07
Monumenta
Design now - Κων/νος Ριζόπουλος
and other.


NATIONAL:
OrthodoxyToday.org,Nikos A. Salingaros
Τα Nέα,Β.Παπαθανασίου,19/11/07
To Παρασκήνιο,16/11/07
Τα Νέα,15/11/07
Eλευθεροτυπία,15/11/07
Eλεύθερος Τύπος,15/11/07
Έθνος,15/11/07
Kαθημερινή,15/11/07
Eλεύθερος Τύπος,ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΑΚΟΥ ΚΑΤΕΡΙΝΑ,13/11/07
Tα Νέα, Δημοσθένης Κούρτοβικ,10/11/07
Ελευθεροτυπία,ΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΠΑΪΩΑΝΝΟΥ,09/11/07
Ελεύθερος Τύπος,ΒΑΣΙΛΑΚΗ ΧΡΙΣΤΙΝΑ,29/10/07
TA NEA-Τάκης Θεοδωρόπουλος,22/10/07
H ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ-22/10/07
INTBAU-by Nikos Saligaros
Eλευθεροτυπία,ΜΑΡΩ ΚΑΡΔΑΜΙΤΣΗ-ΑΔΑΜΗ.21/10/07
eleftherotypia 20/10/07
Ελευθεροτυπία 17/10/07-Nίκος Παρασκευόπουλος
ethnos 16/10/07
ΚΕΡΔΟΣ,14/10/2007
H xώρα,12/10/07
"Η ΑΥΓΗ",Μαυροειδής Σταμάτης,12/10/2007
"Η ΑΥΓΗ",Μαυροειδής Σταμάτης,11/10/07
eleftherotypia 12/10/2007- Βασίλης Βασιλικός
Athens Voice 11.10.2007. ΑΓΓ. ΤΣΕΚΕΡΗ - Γ. ΚΥΡΙΤΣΗ -
Tα νέα,Εύας Κοταμανίδου,9/10/07
ΣΥΝΕΝΤΕΥΞΗ ΖΑΚ ΛΑΝΓΚ-ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ ΤΥΠΟΣ
eleftherotypia 06/10/07- Διά χειρός Βασίλη Βασιλικού
ta nea 05/10/07 - Άννα Δαμιανίδη
ethnos- Dr. Αλέξανδρος Λάβδας
Athens Voice- 04.10.2007-Tου ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗ ΦΥΣΣΑ
rizospastis 05/10/07 - Νίκος Μπογιόπουλος
ta nea 04/10/07-Φοίβη
naftemporiki 04/10/07
ta nea 02/10/07
eleftherotypia 1/10/07-Πέτρος Μανταίος
eleftherotypia 1/10/07-Γιάννης Τριάντης
ta nea 29/09/07-Λευτέρης Παπαδόπουλος
Κέρδος, ΒΙΚΥ ΣΑΝΤΟΡΙΝΑΙΟΥ,25/9/2007
eleftherotypia 25/09/07-Κοντράρου-Ρασσιά
kathimerini 23/09/07- Αλεξάνδρα Φρειδερίκου
kathimerini 16/09/07-Μαριάννα Τζιαντζή
Κέρδος,14/9/2007
Kathimerini English Edition,14/9/07
ethnos 14/09/07
eleftherotypia 14/09/07
kathimerini 14/09/07-Γιώργος Λιάλιος
Κέρδος online 13/9/2007
kerdos 13/09/07
kathimerini 12/09/07-Στέφανος Μάνος
eleftherotypia 11/09/07
Ριζοσπάστης 11/09/07-Ρένα Λευκαδίτου
eleftherotypia 07/09/07
Ριζοσπάστης 07/09/07
e-tipos 07/09/07-Κατερίνα Οικονομάκου
ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΕΣ Ιούλιος-Αύγουστος 2007 σελ.25 και σελ.77-78
eleftherotypia 21/08/07-Λευτέρης Ζερμάς
Eλεύθερος Τύπος,18/08/07
Eλεύθερος Τύπος,16/08/07
Eλεύθερος Τύπος,14.08.07
Ελεύθερος Τύπος,Κατερίνα Οικονομάκoυ,14/08/07
Ελεύθερος Τύπος,Νίκος Καζερός,13/08/07
Ελεύθερος Τύπος,Κατερίνα Οικονομάκου,13/08/07
avgi 10/08/07-Άννα Φιλίνη
e-tipos 05/08/07 - Peter Stein
kathimerini 05/08/2007-Τζακ Λανγκ (Συνέντευξη στον Αθανάσιο Έλλις)
washington post 02/08/07 - elena becatoros
kathimerini 03/08/07 - Δημήτρης Ρηγόπουλος
eleftherotypia 31/07/07 - Γεώργιος-Αλέξανδρος Μαγκάκης
avgi 29/07/07 - Αντώνης Αντωνιάδης
kathimerini 21/07/07 - Γιάννης Κίζης
kathimerini 21/07/07
"Η ΑΥΓΗ'',Σόλων Ξενόπουλος,19/07/2007
neoi agwnes hpeirou 18/07/07
eleftherotypia 20/07/07-Μελίτα Γκουρτσογιάννη
ΠΡΩΙΝΟΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ 18/07/07
eleftherotypia 17/07/07-Πέπη Ρηγοπούλου
eletherotypia 16/07/07-Γιάννης Τριάντης
to allo vima 15/07/07 - Χαρά Κιοσσέ
eleftherotypia 15/07/07 - Νίκος Μουρατίδης
Ριζοσπαστης 14/07/07
eleftherotypia 13/07/07
athens news 13/07/07
Κέρδος, Βίκυ Σαντοριναίου,10/7/2007
Δημοσθένης Κούρτοβικ,7/7/ 2007
ΣΑΔΑΣ-ΠΕΑ Δελτίο Τύπου
design now - Κων/νος Ριζόπουλος
Καθημερινή 11/07/07 - Στέφανος Μάνος
eleftherotypia 10/07/07
Δημοτικό Συμβούλιο Δήμου Αθηναίων
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ
greek architects
Καθημερινή - Το παράλογο της σύγχρονης Αθήνας 06/07/07-Νίκος Βατόπουλος
eleftherotypia 5/07/07-Κοντράρου-Ρασσιά
eleftheros typos 5/07/07-Αντώνης Καρατζαφέρης
kathimerini 5/07/07
avgi 4/07/07
eleftherotypia-Κοντράρου-Ρασσιά - 04/07/07
ta nea
kathimerini-Δημήτρης Ρηγόπουλος - 04/07/07
in.gr - 04/07/07
i avgi-Σταμάτης Μαυροειδής - 02/07/07
Καθημερινή,Γιώτα Σύκκα,30/5/07
To βήμα,Mαρία Θέρμου,03/06/2007
Kαθημερινή,Ν.Βατόπουλος,04/05/03
Eλευθεροτυπία
and other.

Legal action is currently being taken to protect a unique work of architecture and a part of the national cultural inheritance.

We appeal to the public worldwide to support our actions by signing the petition to protect the building.

http://areopagitou17.blogspot.com/