Support Legislation for Historic Zoning in Pawtuxet

This message comes from the Pawtuxet Village Association via school committee member Steve Stycos: Dear Friends and Neighbors: ... and architectural features. At present, historic buildings dating back to the Colonial period are exposed ... a proposed ordinance establishing a HISTORIC OVERLAY ZONE for the Pawtuxet Village National Historic District [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:26:10

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Fillmore Place, Revisited

Shortly after writing this post I received an email from my buddy over at Brooklyn11211 ... speak louder than words. Especially when one lives in an area where a number of noteworthy buildings ... Historic District: Fillmore Place Starts Landmarking Process Click on the above link and see [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 05:09:41

Owner Vows Richmond’s Lone Star Saloon Will Be Rebuilt Into ‘Gorgeous’ Nightclub

Architectural plans have been laid, and the New Year will see the rebuilding of Richmond’s landmark Lone Start Saloon - gutted by fire Nov ... of the historic building whose insides were all but destroyed in the fire. After that, “we’re going ... grilled chicken sandwiches. The popular Richmond bar and music venue, run for decades in a historic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:48:39

Inviting Edinburgh Hotels

Widely regarded as one of Europe’s most beautiful capitals, Edinburgh never ceases to astound the visitor with its beauty ... . 4 Princes Street 0131 222 888 Roxburghe As one of the flagship architectural buildings surrounding ... historic facade. Rooms include luxury suite bathrooms, flat screen TV, desk, ironing board, coffee/tea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:36:34

Chicago Advances Climate Action Plan

Just months after rolling out an ambitious plan to cut the city's carbon emissions by 25 percent over the next decade, ... yesterday. Considering that buildings -- and the energy it takes to heat, cool, and illuminate ... percent of all surface light. Not even historic or landmark building will be exempted [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 01:16:04

Scott Waterman

Scott Waterman is an artist, a talented decorative painter and I'd like to add an incredible interior designer once I saw photos of his home. His decorative painting began with trompe l'oeil murals and the restoration of historic buildings. Amazing talent (click for larger images)... His former home in San Francisco was featured [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 12:59:00

Ninth and F

This building was photographed in 1969 for the the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). More photos and information available here. Briefly: located on SW corner of Ninth and F NW . Built [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 22:32:40

Prince Charles To Expand Regeneration Trust

Written by Tim Saunders Prince Charles is set to expand the efforts of his Prince’s Regeneration Trust ... this great legacy of historic buildings needlessly squandered,” said Charles. “Especially as, with a little ... its work on the preservation and re-use of buildings deemed to be at risk of decay.“ Charles established [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:00:00

Popup Cultural Installation Takes Over London A Street

Opening tomorrow (July 4th) on Montague Place behind the British Museum in London is a new temporary cultural space designed by Carmody Groarke ... on a meandering journey exposing them to new views of the architectural details on the surrounding historic buildings. Over the next three days, Sky Walk will serve as a backdrop for performances [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 12:39:07

New England town struggles to preserve fishing (AP)

GLOUCESTER, Mass. – When Arthur would probably be of little Sawyer was a teenager, fishing interest to tourists ... fishing last year with restoration money of Sawyer's youth will probably set aside by natural gas companies never return to this historic, building terminals in nearby centuries-old New England port [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:02:42

Welcome to Washington! Visitors Center Opens Late & Hugely Over Budget

ABC's Tom Shine from Washington, DC: I hope Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can find the time to give the auto execs a tour of the new 621 million ... ." Phillip Kennicott, writing in the same paper this morning calls "it is a historic and aesthetic ... buildings." While House and Senate leaders congratulate each other over a project that is hundreds [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 14:58:30

Upcoming Phoenix Architecture Events

I received notice of these three upcoming architecture events in Phoenix via email. Reprinted below with permission ( ... an exhibit at the College of Architecture and Design which showcased Beadle’s work. Constructions: Buildings ... ://www.sunnyslopehistoricalsociety.org Highlights include five historic and contemporary homes with diverse architecture [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 03:33:28

Joseph F. Wangler Boiler & Sheet Metal Works

I report with relief that the latest footprint of the proposed Mississippi River Bridge at St. Louis reduces the number of historic buildings proposed for demolition to less than six. (Alas ... , their company and the spirit of enlightened civic business culture. We have only a few buildings from the boiler [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 05:11:00

Captivated by Caceres

A walk through the narrow streets of this town in Extremadura reveals the Spain of old ... and Carmina have been living and working here in this unknown Spanish maze of renaissance buildings ... is connected to the historic quarter via a long shaded promenade that links up with a pedestrian zone, which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 07:59:00

I can see you...

Via Iain Dale I have been reminded of this amazing collection of London aerial photos by Jason Hawkes. I think I may have linked to it before ... is a very pretty city, in parts. There are some excellent vistas, historic buildings and brightly-lit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:59:00

Mark Mallory in 2005, and all the neighborhoods v. Downtown

In 2005, Mark Mallory proposed selling the Blue Ash airport to establish a neighborhood endowment he said would generate $20, ... to neighborhoods while undermining their foundations by ignoring major problems like abandoned buildings ... on the historic character that still remains in so much of Cincinnati, and use that history to make [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 17:35:32

CCSF Chinatown Gets Green Light! (Sort Of, For Now)

Smack down! CCSF's Chinatown high-rise has emerged (temporarily) ... campus built. But it's not -- after clearing hurdles over building height and sensitivity to its historic ... out— it'll house 42 classrooms and labs across two buildings: a 14-story on Kearny and Washington [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 16:18:56

A Different Washington Avenue

This photograph from the collection of Landmarks Association of St. Louis shows a section of Washington Avenue in 1978 ... historic downtown buildings -- all with ground-floor retail -- were leveled. St. Charles Street ... with stores and small-scale buildings. The 700 block, with the exception of the theater, was occupied [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 18:23:00

Ionia Michigan

The Grand River winds its way through Ionia County. It has been an important waterway throughout history ... Courthouse The city of Ionia is full of beautiful historical buildings. Stately Victorian homes line ... the Grand River Valley. One of my favorite homes is the spectacular Mission Style home built for Governor [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:13:23

In Downtown, There's a Bunch of Empty History Waiting to Be Developed

View Larger Map Speaking of downtown development, ... of note: Several buildings on the list are within the Harwood Street Historic District and the West ... -producing certified historic structures such as commercial, industrial, or rental residential buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 02:26:20

Condo-mania In Downtown Austin

Mr. Twist and I spent six months in Austin in the mid-1980s while he was a student at UT ... by towering buildings, many of which are condominiums. There are those that claim that there is demand ... require the demolition of the historic state capital building. To placate Austin preservationist groups [more...]

Date: 2008-06-14 07:01:31

Pondering Preservation: How Will The Economic Downturn Affect Preservation?

Welcome to Pondering Preservation, a series that asks preservationists, architects, historians, ... historic buildings. The hot residential real estate market had also spurred many preservation-minded ... mean fewer historic structures are at risk from developers' bulldozers? Will it mean less money [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 21:11:12

Downturn Pounds Commercial Real Estate

And despite the tone of this article, some people believe it will be worse than the residential crash: Contractors, ... the early 1990s, when the industry built a small city’s worth of speculative office buildings that later ... reeling from a historic housing depression. “This is a rolling problem that’s only going [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:04:37

More Legal Drama For CCSF Chinatown Campus

City College of San Francisco can't catch a break when it comes to their planned Chinatown campus ... . Then, the windows on the smaller of the two proposed buildings weren't deep enough, or something ... will result in the demise of The Drexler-Colombo Building, a crumbling historic structure included [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 15:58:58

Porking The Economy

The more I learn about this “economic stimulus package”—and I think the quotation marks are needed—the more disgusted I get ... on it, and calling it a stimulus package. Here’s some of the things in it: $3.836 billion for rural water ... and trail restoration, preservation of buildings of cultural and historic importance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:08:57

Democrats Reveal the 2009 BOHICA Stimulus Plan

They have been talking about the need for swift action on this bill, and when you see what is in it, ... are just some of the examples of what Obama considers "economic stimulus": $3.836 billion for rural water and waste grant ... facilities, road and trail restoration, preservation of buildings of cultural and historic importance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:00:39

In Defense of Food

Starting last week I’ve been trying to set aside at least a half-hour to reading, It’s been great so far. The book I’ve been reading is called “In Defense of Food” by Michael Pollan. An eater’s manifesto as the author claims, that builds on historic events about food and food politics, terms [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 08:12:27

Acting Big in a Big City

(continuing my trip recap..)Our first stop, Charleston, SC, was beautiful. We loved the historic buildings and hometown-feel of the city, even though we saw very little ... been there before as a quick stop, but this time we enjoyed strolling by the gorgeous old buildings and statues [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 15:46:00

Outdoors: Artisan Shepherd’s Huts

From Julie: Houseguests, anyone? We love this idea, spotted on Apartment Therapy: Artisan Shepherd’s Huts. Paulus Smith has been a specialist joiner for over 25 years, working on listed and historic buildings. He now spends his time creating meticulously crafted shepherd’s huts from his medieval barn [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 15:52:11

Miss A Will Host The Lincoln 2.0 Inaugural Ball

I wanted to let my readers know that Destination DC asked me to be a host for the Lincoln 2 ... ’s Inaugural Ball was held at one of Washington’s “noblest” buildings. This National Historic ... lavish food stations, a full service open bar, and the opportunity to enjoy the historic collections [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 03:28:41

How a historic downtown Phoenix shop became a famed pizzeria

Pizza Bianco, downtown Phoenix — In a downtown Phoenix block full of historic buildings, the Baird Machine Shop might ... was one of several buildings from Phoenix’s original townsite days that was spared demolition by a Phoenix [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:12:56

Talking About McRee Town

Jackie Jones introduces her presentation.Yesterday afternoon St ... , demolished six blocks of historic brick homes and apartment buildings that housed primarily low-income ... more than two hundred buildings on the eastern half of the McRee Town neighborhood in Saint Louis [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 17:28:00

RPI receives proposals for Troy landmark

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today said it has received proposals from developers willing to buy and renovate a downtown office building and Proctor’s theater, the historic Troy landmark vacant since 1978. But the school, through ... together. It also requires that potential buyers detail a plan for the buildings that “will complement [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:07:52

Cafe Riche is saved!

So, after I wrote that post on Cafe Riche that some people- based on nothing- claimed I was making up, ... the "historic and architectually beautiful" buildings to renovate them, but it was disputed since ... to start an investigation. He found out that while Ismaelia did the purchasing of downtown buildings [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:28:39

In central Jakarta, ruins of Indonesia's colonial past

.fullpost{display:inline;}In the middle of Jakarta there is a place more reminiscent of the ruins of Cambodia's Angkor than the heart of a historic ... of derelict buildings, while thick vines reach out into the sun through dark windows and cracked walls.Jakarta's historic "Old Town" of Batavia, the centuries-old centre of Dutch colonial trade [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 06:30:00

Nottingham: Castle Rock Beers

Nottingham was my first stop in the Midlands. This is an old city: the first recorded settlement was in 868, ... food, clean, great location in The Lace Market neighborhood), The Salvation (a historic old building ... mentioned that it was useful in training lager drinkers…  A heavier beer is the Preservation (4.4 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:54:30

Fed moves to bar sketchy lending practices

Because I know you're still out there, a note to people who think the mortgage crisis is a personal responsibility issue: On a recent week, ... the foreclosure process. And it's not just homes. Senior centers, office buildings and even churches ... irresponsible, on a historic level. Was it in the air, or the water? Or was it in the lending [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 01:39:17

Monday Mug Shot

Fountain Of YouthSt. Augustine, FloridaI visited St. Augustine on a vacation with my Mom and Dad in the mid 90s ... !There are lots of stone buildings, lots of old and old-world styled buildings. Pop is always ... the historic and fabled fountain was. Would you believe, they DO sell bottles of the water [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:46:00

home is where the art is

Let's start the new year off RIGHT!  What better way then to motivate with home decorating magic ... Gaylord Wilshire, the eccentric millionaire and real estate tycoon.   According to the Historic Buildings of Los Angeles site: " The Gaylord started out as one of the first condominium projects [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:44:51

Sketchcrawling in Balmain

This morning I went out with a group of sketchers for a mini sketchcrawl warm-up before the next World Wide Sketchcrawl on Jan 10. We went to Balmain – a wonderful suburb on the harbour with lots of historic buildings. Many inner city suburbs of Sydney are full of these wonderful rows of terrace houses with wrought iron [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 07:24:00

Embassies Strut Their Stuff

... . This is a fascinating opportunity to get inside some of these places; many are located in very historic and unique buildings. We visited the The Royal Danish Embassy and the Swedish to compare the sustainability [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 10:14:34

Philly putting its downtown area up in lights

Philadelphia is now the "Electri-City," having achieved this dubious distinction by turning on permanent, multicolored architectural lights on 12 historic downtown buildings in the streets around City Hall. It's part of a push by the Center City District to "build downtown night-time street traffic [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:32:32

Neither Festival nor Marketplace

Is there something amiss with Boston's Faneuil Hall, Ben Thompson's 1976 project that originated the concept of the "festival marketplace"? ... to the greater city. What was conceived as a creative re-purposing of historic buildings to house the public [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 21:10:15

KING MAGNUS BARELEGS AND PEEL CASTLE

I was originally only going to feature a short series of Viking Posts for a limted period ... . PEEL CASTLE Peel Castle, is one of the Isle of Man’s principal historic monuments sits upon ... buildings which are a testimony to the site’s religious and secular importance in Manx history [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 23:58:26

Studio Space Available at the UC-IMC

Urbana - The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (UC-IMC) - located in the historic Urbana Post Office Building - has announced that there are several ... Square Village, the Historic Lincoln Hotel and both the County and Federal Courthouses surround [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:00:06

Brooklyn Christmas Bird Count wrap-up

Floyd Bennett Field was New York City's first municipal airport. Built on Barren Island after combining it with several smaller islands, it is now owned and managed by the National Park Service. There are several historic hangers and other buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 15:06:00

Wildfire burns on Angel Island

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) — A wildfire on San Francisco Bay’s Angel Island burned out of control late Sunday, but none of the buildings at the historic state park have been damaged, according to a Marin County fire official. The fire, which began about 9 p.m. (12 a.m. ET), covered about 100 acres [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 07:01:07

Wildfire burns on historic Angel Island

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) — A wildfire on San Francisco Bay’s Angel Island burned out of control late Sunday, but none of the buildings at the historic state park have been damaged, according to a Marin County fire official. The fire, which began about 9 p.m. (12 a.m. ET), covered about 250 acres [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 12:12:32

Wildfire burns on historic Angel Island

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) — A wildfire on San Francisco Bay’s Angel Island burned out of control late Sunday, but none of the buildings at the historic state park have been damaged, according to a Marin County fire official. The fire, which began about 9 p.m. (12 a.m. ET), covered about 250 acres [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 12:32:50

New wave of Sea Change funding

Southport, Great Yarmouth, Bridlington and Hastings are the latest places to receive grants from Sea Change, ... which in time will act as a hub for the community. Historic buildings in King Street will also ... public access. Great Yarmouth will receive £3 million to regenerate the historic Deneside area [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 10:56:07

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