SHOTLIST FILE: 3 October, 2007 1. Various of new Acropolis Museum under construction 12 October, 2007 2. Pan from new Acropolis museum to art deco building (Areopagitou 17) on pedestrian walkway 3. Various of entrance to Areopagitou 17 4. Close of detail on door 5. Close of detail on side of door FILE: 24 September, 2007 6. Wide of new Acropolis Museum 7. Various of buildings (Areopagitou 17 and the neighbouring Areopagitou 19) that are blocking the view from the new Acropolis Museum FILE: 8 October, 2007 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bernard Tschumi, Architect who designed the new Acropolis Museum: "I always say people should come to the museum and see, look at it, look at the site and decide for themselves." 12 October 2007 9. Pan of exterior of Areopagitou 17 10. Various of design details on building exterior 11. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Marina Kouremenou, part owner of Areopagitou 17: "We explain every day that we have nothing that needs dividing amongst us. We don't want to put our interests against those of the museum. The museum is a big thing, it is for all of Greece, of course, but as the architects have also said, this house is significant. It is one of few of its kind. It is unthinkable to demolish these types of buildings." 12. Wide of interior of third-floor apartment in Areopagitou 17 13. Close of floor detail 14. Zoom in of view from living room window to show Parthenon 14 October 2007 15. Medium of protest outside Areopagitou 17 16. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Eleni Pordaliou, Professor of Architecture: "They are a part of our history and they help in keeping a balance scale between the Acropolis and the museum." 12 October 2007 17. Various of sign posted on door of Areopagitou 17 14 October 2007 18. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Vassilis Laviotis, Protester: "We cannot in the name of Coca-Cola and cheese pies demolish our neoclassical buildings." 19. Wide of protestors holding large banner which says " Dionysiou Areopagitou 17-19 (referring to the building addresses) Don't tear them down. We don't have many" STORYLINE On the first day that the new Acropolis Museum houses a piece of antiquity, hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Sunday to protest plans to demolish another part of Greek history: an art deco building, that stands in between the new Acropolis Museum and views of the Parthenon temple. The country's former culture minister upset architects and conservationists last month by clearing the way for the demolition. The four-story building, with its pink marbled facade, stands about 300 yards from the Acropolis on a carefully landscaped pedestrian street facing the ancient citadel's southern slopes. A mosaic of Oedipus and the Sphinx adorn the top story, and marble statues of women in traditional dress flank the wrought-iron door. A neighbouring building is also set to be demolished. It's owned by composer Vangelis Papathanassiou, who won an Academy Award for creating the score for "Chariots of Fire." The dispute over the two structures is overshadowing the opening of the 179 (m) million US dollar Acropolis museum, planned for early 2008 after a delay of more than two decades. A piece of the Parthenon that was moved on Sunday from the old Acropolis museum atop the ancient hill to the new glass and concrete structure passed over protesters outside Areopagitou 17. "They are a part of our history and they help in keeping a balance scale between the Acropolis and the museum," said Eleni Pordaliou, a professor of Architecture who's against any move to demolition the art deco building. "We cannot in the name of Coca-Cola and cheese pies demolish our neoclassical buildings," said protestor Vassilis Laviotis. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d9b5164d5ef61312baf6900efde72d38 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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