Sites of Manhattan Modernism, British Brutalism Make World Monuments Fund Watch List

Today the World Monuments Fund announced its 2012 Watch List. Issued biennially since 1996, the World Monuments Watch seeks to draw international attention to cultural-heritage sites in need of assistance. The new list includes 67 threatened sites in 41 countries and territories from Argentina to Zimbabwe. Among the treasured yet endangered places in our own backyard is the former Manufacturers Trust Company Building at 510 Fifth Avenue (pictured), a modernist icon that last we heard was at risk of becoming a Marc Jacobs store.