. >> we hope john and mary douglas were doi a lot of playing after this head-to-toe makeover because love, well, it was in the air. john and mary douglas are originally from des moines, grown children. ey moved to new york last july to care for her 15-month-old granddaughter. >> they are r ired but with their only grandchild, they realized they had a litt bit time for themselves. >> thank you for being our buloin couple today, and you love. married almost 35 years. so why do you want this makeover? >> probably time for a change after 35 years. can't pick somebody new so we'll just change what we look like. >> i love that in a crazy sort of way. and what do you think? i know you sort of got roped into this. >> i didn't get completely roped into it but i thought it would be a good experience. i could be transformed. >> they lookeso cute. >> show off what their hot new looks look like. louis licari and "today" contributor and author jill martin. okay, kids. >> so we should go -- we're ing to get the couple, me and you, because they're lindfolded and they can't walk out here. >> they hav

involved in world war i. , whichf bond rallies were hosted by very popular charlieke mary pichler, chaplin, douglasairbanks. so there is a fair amount of coverage of world war i in our collection. much of that world war i footage good --rcher mark had a footage is thanks to researchers. most of that footage we had is in the public domain. so now that we have these digital tools available to us, it makes for good access copies. we are going to preserve the failed to want to make -- preserve the films. want to make sure the films are stored so they last for a long time, but does it is a is such a great -- digitization is such a great access to all to allow so many more people to see these world war i films we have in the collection. , fore collaborating with example, a worldwide consortium of archives that are trying to preserve and make available the world war i films. working, for example, very closely with a group in italy that is coordinating amongst many archives, both in the united states and in europe. especially among the combatant nations, to as much world war i film as possible to make it a

films of bond rallies which, of course, were hosted by very popular stars like mary pickford, charlie chaplin, douglas fairbanks. there is a fair amount of coverage of world war i in our collection as well. much of that world war i footage is known to researchers. we have long had a good -- to all our world war i related material that is available in the reading room. so, scholars have been able to get access to it, but most of that footage we have is in the public domain. so, now that we have these digital tools available to us, it makes for good access copies. we are going to preserve the films. we want to make sure that the films themselves are preserved and stored in cold storage so they last for a long time. but digitization is such a great access tool. it allows many more people to see some of these world war i films that we have in the collection. we are collaborating, for example, with a worldwide consortium of archives that are trying to preserve and make available the world war i films. so, working very closely with the group in italy that is coordinating amongst many archives, both in the u

douglas hanes located in the western addition and it was actually built incluberation with the community under the redevelopment agency with third baptist church. it has a powerful history. the late mary helen rogers lived in this property and was very ininstrumental in its construction. it has 104 units, 80 percent are section 8 tenants and todays press conference was to stop the sale of this affordable housing complex by the non profit responsible for the care of this complex. this would completely jeopardize all these units and last thursday i was first along with the residence informed of the sale and it was disturbing and timely since i was inl new york last week with the san francisco mayors office of housing learning and exploring what new york is doing to aggress vly builds new afordable housing yurnts and also preserving their existing affordable housing stock. some may be familiar with the blauzio housing goal to provide a ambishish 200 thousand units of affordable housing but what is less whidely known is that number include 60 percent of existing housing units. preservation is at the forfront of this house plang, preserving affordable housing is key and 40 percent of the p

douglas hanes located in the western addition and it was actually built incluberation with the community under the redevelopment agency with third baptist church. it has a powerful history. the late mary helen rogers lived in this property and was very ininstrumental in its construction. it has 104 units, 80 percent are section 8 tenants and todays press conference was to stop the sale of this affordable housing complex by the non profit responsible for the care of this complex. this would completely jeopardize all these units and last thursday i was first along with the residence informed of the sale and it was disturbing and timely since i was inl new york last week with the san francisco mayors office of housing learning and exploring what new york is doing to aggress vly builds new afordable housing yurnts and also preserving their existing affordable housing stock. some may be familiar with the blauzio housing goal to provide a ambishish 200 thousand units of affordable housing but what is less whidely known is that number include 60 percent of existing housing units. preservation is at the forfront of this house plang, preserving affordable housing is key and 40 percent of the p

douglas hanes located in the western addition and it was actually built incluberation with the community under the redevelopment agency with third baptist church. it has a powerful history. the late mary helen rogers lived in this property and was very ininstrumental in its construction. it has 104 units, 80 percent are section 8 tenants and todays press conference was to stop the sale of this affordable housing complex by the non profit responsible for the care of this complex. this would completely jeopardize all these units and last thursday i was first along with the residence informed of the sale and it was disturbing and timely since i was inl new york last week with the san francisco mayors office of housing learning and exploring what new york is doing to aggress vly builds new afordable housing yurnts and also preserving their existing affordable housing stock. some may be familiar with the blauzio housing goal to provide a ambishish 200 thousand units of affordable housing but what is less whidely known is that number include 60 percent of existing housing units. preservation is at the forfront of this house plang, preserving affordable housing is key and 40 percent of the p