2016 Texas Media Award

2016 Texas Media Award

Restore (Documentary)

Produced, directed and filmed by Mark Birnbaum

This award recognizes outstanding media coverage of historic preservation issues, projects and local history

Restore is a short film that examines three North Texas restoration projects: The Old Dallas Municipal Building, a Beaux Arts beauty which will become the UNT Law School; the 169 year old Sharrock Log Cabin, thought to be the oldest standing structure in Dallas County; and Lady Justice, an 11 ft. tall copper statue being restored after a long absence to her rightful place atop the Navarro County Courthouse. The film offers a broad, behind-the-scenes look at historic restoration and the obsession with old buildings shared among craftsmen, curators, engineers and architects.