Historic Site Map - 32 historic hill spots
So since I'm a history major (and also quite nerdy) I was going through the historic properties of Capitol Hill on the Historic Preservation site ... like one block? These are all on the city's list of Historic Properties, which you can check out here [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 01:58:12
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Saving Oklahoma's Prairie Cathedral
Driving along Highway 177 in north-central Oklahoma, your eyes wander across seemingly endless stretches of open prairie and sky ... s BARN AGAIN! program, which promotes the use of historic barns and agricultural buildings in modern ... the historic site, Bret A. Carter and members of Preservation Oklahoma teamed up to, in Carter’s words, act [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 13:57:19
Put Your WISAARD Learning Cap On
Have you heard about WISAARD? ... and Historic Preservation (DAHP) that helps you locate historic sites statewide, searchable by county, city ... on the story of the buildings, four photos of the properties, and and a quick overview of architectural [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 11:22:30
Daily Travel Photo - Macau
World Heritage Site #24: Historic Center of Macau ... . With its historic street, residential, religious and public Portuguese and Chinese buildings ... historic buildings in the area, all within walking distance. I visited Macau on Christmas day [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 18:07:53
Kansas Adventure
Today, Terah and I set out for some geocaching. Jacob’s daycare was back in session (he goes twice a week), but we both had the day off ... in a museum. Council Grove has an amazing historic downtown — “the most history per capita of any town in the west!” the travel information AM station proudly proclaims, with 25 historic sites [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 02:49:10
whereabouts...
Here I am....back from a little get-a-way with my husband to beautiful Texas. We stayed in Fort Worth and fell in love with it. So many beautiful historic buildings and sites....lots of delicious restaurants...and big beefy ribs for my boy :) I was able to see my new nephew and hold him for just a bit...what a dolly [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 02:51:49
Mele Kalikimaka
In Hawai'i we say, "Mele Kalikimaka". The Hawaiian language does not include the letter "R" found in the English alphabet; thus, "Merry Christmas" when pronounced using the Hawaiian language syllables becomes "Mele Kalikimaka". Another historic site in Hawaii (also listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places) is Honolulu Hale (Hale [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 21:27:20
Fund Sweeps Still In Limbo
Last month, the House and Senate signed off on two key budget bills allowing state finance officials to sweep earmarked funds to cover $220 ... agencies, state parks and historic sites, hardly anyone let out a sigh of relief, knowing ... , the comptroller's office says it plans to make the transfers. Half of the $220 million will be transferred [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 15:12:37
A Better Northfield Starts With Flowers, Group Says
Allyson Herbst, a student in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College, ... that is devoted to catalyzing community improvement by planting flowers and trees. Less than a year old, AIB ... to continue work on local historical site signage, an anti-graffiti project, and restoration [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 04:06:15
My Latest Endeavor - Historical-Home.com
Hello out there! How are you all?! I've been spotty at best when it comes to posting lately, ... started a Real Estate Listing site that specializes in Historic Homes and Antique Properties ... visiting all of you, but promise to pop in soon. Below is a sampling of some of the homes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 20:49:00
In Which I Achieve Historic Proportions
And of course I said "yes":Dear M.J. Murphy,I am contacting you today on behalf of Library and Archives Canada regarding the archiving of your blog, ... and, for the purposes of preservation, it now allows LAC to collect a representative sample of Canadian web sites ... you will recognize the historical value of a comprehensive collection of Canadian [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 16:09:00
Another Historic Site to Disappear
Many thanks to regular reader Todd Berkoff for sending this article from today’s edition of the Washington Post: Planning Agency Approves Homeland Security Complex Preservationists Fear Effect on St. Elizabeths Campus By Mary Beth Sheridan Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 9, 2009; [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 00:25:24
George Washington's boyhood home uncovered
Archeologists in Virginia made a timely announcement yesterday that they have located the remains of George Washington's boyhood home on a plot of ... . Most of the house's wood was gone, apparently either used as fuel or reused for other buildings ... of George Washington's Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm, 113-acre National Historic Site. A recreation [more...]
Date: 2008-07-03 18:16:35
I Say “In With The Old!”
Dolores and I visiting a historic site in Tulsa this past October. Both of us resolve to see more of them in 2009. 2009 is right around the corner. As we all make exciting plans to celebrate the new year ... , the Robie House and Unity Temple. The Pui Tak Center taught me about the history of Chinese [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 13:18:03
Point Atkinson Lighthouse Endangered
Heritage Group Claims Administrative Limbo ... in Canada, has fallen into. The light was designated a National Historic Site in 1994 and was added ... have been divided over the years, the neglect has caused some buildings to fall apart, according [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 05:34:09
The Inevitable Growth of the Government
For pleasant sightseeing without worry about the weather, visit the Historic Buildings of Massachusetts blog’s colonial grouping. And there’s an even larger helping of colonial architecture from Historic Buildings of Connecticut.Because those sites feature new photographs, the buildings look really good—but not necessarily [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 14:02:00
Bar U Ranch
The Bar-U Ranch became a historical site on December 31, ... to the Friends of the Bar U Historic Ranch Association and Parks Canada by Mr. Bert Sheppard ... practiced open range ranching. Initially a few buildings were confined to one area, and gradually [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 16:39:00
Taking Sides
Ramattan News reports on the opening of a “non-violence camp” in Bethlehem ... and promotes active citizenship and the preservation of minority rights and opportunities for young ... , and to visit historical and religious sites in Palestine,” the EC said in a statement received [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 12:32:33
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
Temecula historians struggle to keep idle historic buildings safe from vandals
Steven Cuevas: The recession has wiped out a lot of jobs in Southern California and across the country. But it's also created a few... like the job of keeping vandals and squatters away from an historic site awaiting renovation. KPCC's Steven Cuevas has the story of a couple that's taken on that duty. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:28
Everything in New Orleans Is a Good Idea
I was offered an opportunity to go to New Orleans recently that unfortunately I was unable to take advantage of ... , will open to the public in museums, historic buildings, and found sites throughout New Orleans. Prospect.1 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 11:47:00
The Moorings - Hingham Shipyard homes
Construction “Launch” at The Moorings Has Begun! In case you’ve missed it, ... , and the Central and South Buildings will soon follow to coincide with the flourish of construction ... to the revitalized Hingham Shipyard as it is transformed from an historic World War II naval shipbuilding site [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 14:55:54
Dubai Hotel Worth $1.5 Billion Set To Open Wednesday
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — It's the latest word in Persian Gulf excess: a $1 ... Muslim society and dearth of historic sites. Among the daring projects are an indoor ski slope [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 19:18:00
Celebration today, vigilance tomorrow
Celebration today, vigilance tomorrow Share Post Print January 20, 2009 Posted by Paul at 4:38 PM David Horowitz may not have seen it all, ... Memorial was the site of Martin Luther King's historic civil rights march and his famous dream [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 22:38:12
New year brings major changes to Boston
As Clock Strikes 12, Iraq Hands US Control of Blue Zoneby Ernie LondonSlapdash PostBOSTON, Dec ... as we know it," said Sgt. 1st Class Pahtrik Mohldoom, 47, who co-authored a guide to historic sites [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 08:40:00
Another Nail in CAMP's Shiny Mod Coffin
It appears a stand-off is a-brewin', passive-aggressive Presidio style ... for the preservation of some of the historic buildings and archaeological sites that Don Fisher [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 16:54:32
Lincoln leaves for Washington, D.C. from Springfield, IllinoisFrom 1820 through 1837, ... Vandalia State House State Historic Site, built [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 10:50:21
Group Dynamics, Team Building, and Making it Personal
The 16th Street Baptist Church which has recently completed a $3 million restoration project ... . The Masonic Temple is the 2009 PLT project site, located in the Fourth Avenue North Historic District [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 21:12:48
One voice, Many Eyes: Mapping Obama’s inauguration speech
Countless millions viewed Obama’s historic inaugural speech yesterday. The “shared visualization” site Many Eyes, run by the Visual Communications Lab at IBM Research, provides a unique [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:45:12
Hawaii's House of the Heavenly King
Yesterday, bana-bear and I visited the historic Ali'iolani Hale, listed as one of United States's sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation (per National Register of Historic Places ... judicial history which includes a restored historic courtroom. The building also houses Hawai'i's [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 20:30:21
Charlottesville Foreclosures Study sheds Light on a Surprisingly Hidden Market
Copyright RealCentralVA.com, LLC. If you are not reading this at RealCentralVA.com the site you see is likely stealing content ... are at historic lows - you could buy, hold for twenty years and most likely do very, very well for yourself [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 01:24:44
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
Things to do in Venice
Venice is one of the most outstanding city in Italy. The city harbors several architectural monuments and buildings which have rich historical origin, this has made the city to be an attraction site for tourist visiting Italy. There are several [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 05:16:07
$60 Million Will Get You a Piece of Aviation & Movie History
HowardHughespubdomain.jpg A historic piece of property has just gone up for sale: ... on the site for Playa Vista, plans were to incorporate the 11 Hughes buildings on the premises as part ... on the property "were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 ... Therefore, any [more...]
Date: 2008-08-09 08:53:37
REVIEW: Walk by Faith by Rosanne Bittner
Dear Ms. Bittner, Until I saw this book listed at the eharlequin site, I had no idea you’d written any Steeple Hill Love Inspired historicals. Since “Texas Embrace” is one of my favorite old timey [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 19:50:42
Silverlight and the 2009 Presidential Inauguration
Tomorrow’s presidential inauguration of Barack Obama will be a truly historic event. Silverlight is being used as an enabling technology on several sites that will allow those of us who can’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:21:17
Silverlight and the 2009 Presidential Inauguration
Tomorrow’s presidential inauguration of Barack Obama will be a truly historic event. Silverlight is being used as an enabling technology on several sites that will allow those of us who can’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 17:48:29
Silverlight and the 2009 Presidential Inauguration
Tomorrow's presidential inauguration of Barack Obama will be a truly historic event. Silverlight is being used as an enabling technology on several sites that will allow those of us who can't [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 18:46:03
Helpful maps for the Inauguration
Monday, January 19, 2009 at 11:15 AM There is most definitely a buzz in the air. Hundreds of thousands of people are streaming into Washington D.C ... roundup of sites that will help you prepare for the parade and also take in the historic event over [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 19:15:00
Diageo’s Proposed New St. Croix Location for Captain Morgan Rum
While searching for information about the Diageo press release concerning the proposed land selection agreement with St ... of Christensted and ten miles from Fredericksted, St. Croix’s two historic commercial centers. Harvey Aluminum ... has more than 300 acres of industrial buildings and infrastructure. Other site assets include a 65 MW coal [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 18:28:12
Tom Clancys End War PAL XBOX360-DNL
This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content ... . Enjoy! In 2011, the United States and the European Union sign the historic SLAMS (Space-Land-Air ... uplinks, no destroying buildings, the only way to win this battle is to wipe out every last enemy unit [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 05:01:48
Remodeled WeHo Craftsman Deemed Not Historic, Condos Coming
2009.11.condoweho.jpg The WeHo News reports that a 1902 Craftsman home at 8875 Cynthia Street has been denied historical protection by the West Hollywood Historic Preservation Commission, paving the way for a two-unit condominium project to rise on the site. According to the paper, "the reasoning given for the denial involved changes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 18:49:13
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the eve of the Inauguration of Barack Obama
A trip to Memphis last year left me with some free time in the afternoon before heading to the airport to return home ... Motel, the assassination site of Martin Luther King, Jr. which now houses the National Civil Rights ... :1218476612: Even though this historic event happened more than 40 years ago, I am still concerned [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:33:24
No. 185 - (Site of) President's House
(Site of) President’s House1912 – Octavius Morgan7851 Budlong Avenue – mapDeclared: 4/19/78What’s the deal? This is the third Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in a row about which I can only speak in the past tense. Not only that, pictures of it are few and far between [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 04:59:00
Update: CNN.com and Msnbc.com Have Record Video Streams of Inauguration....Some Experienced Buffering Problems on Multiple Sites
Obama.cnn In what will surely be the be the biggest day in Internet history, CNN.com has seen historic traffic for its live feed ... , connectivity issues, local ISP's and other factors. It wasn't perfect, but it was a historic day for online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:40:06
Daily Apple: Clear iPhones, Historical Resistance, Dumb Apple
See Inside Your iPhone - It’s a case mod that lets you in on the secret of your magical phone ... be. D.C. Store Meets Resistance From Historical Society - Nothing disrupts your attempts to stay ... brick buildings. Two preservation societies are blocking Apple’s move to their Washington D.C. site [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 02:32:05
CBS Serves Up 7 HD Streams for Inauguration Day
There’s no shortage of online destinations for streaming video of today’s presidential inauguration, but I don’t know of any site offering as many different feeds or as much high-def content as CBS. Just in time for the historic presidential swearing-in ceremony, they’ve debuted a new Silverlight [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:24:10
Managing Mormonism on the Mormon Trail
Among the most sacred Mormon sites anywhere is Martin's Cove, a broad niche in the Sweetwater Rocks near Devil's Gate in central Wyoming, ... the historic Sun Ranch at Devil's Gate, remodel the old ranch house into a museum and visitors [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 17:09:53
“The Meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday” by Coretta Scott King
From The King Center web site: The Martin Luther King, Jr ... dreamed of a color-blind society, but who also lead a movement that achieved historic reforms to help [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 14:42:37
Boxing Day on Sydney Harbour
I feel a little guilty posting these sketches when so many fellow urban sketchers are sketching in freezing conditions.. ... spot - limited numbers, great views, historic setting and the ability to be able to sit the dense ... the old buildings (though I mainly stayed where I was - it was so great). The site has a fascinating [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 22:47:00
