Letters to the Editor

Preserving the former U.S. Lighthouse Service’s historic waterfront property in St ... , state, and city legislation. Federal Historic Preservation Laws mandate that special effort ... , shall make them, “available for education, park, recreation, cultural or historic preservation purposes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:51:52

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Tribute to Elizabeth Mills Brown, 'Athena' of New Haven Preservation

Elizabeth Mills Brown authored what is still widely considered the best book ever written about New Haven, ... by Anstress Farwell Forty years ago, Connecticut’s historic preservation movement reached its first mature ... for Historic Preservation. The people who founded the Trust -- architects, lawyers, bankers, journalists [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:52:32

San Francisco Forever: Supes Favor Historic Preservation Commission

Yes, the Board of Supervisors did ban the sale of tobacco in pharmacies— that highly-controversial mandate passed at last ... on the November ballot that will create a Historic Preservation Commission. If voted into power— and judging ... historical buildings, landmarks, and neighborhoods at will, "saving" all from harm (and repair [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 17:27:19

It’s Time to “Vote Up” Preservation

For so many reasons, this past presidential election was like nothing we’ve ever seen - online that is ... . Financial tools to improve energy efficiency in buildings must include assistance for owners of historic ... Historic Preservation.” You’ll find a variety of topics related to our mission, including this popular [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:16:36

Preserving Austin

Austin is a city of great historical significance. Residents here adore the older homes and many wish to make at least part of Austin a historical ... to have an 1100 home district deemed worthy of historic preservation. There are no plans to stop ... that began with the destruction of this Victorian-era neighborhood. Martinez, along with several [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 05:03:23

Preservation Leadership Training: Birmingham, Alabama

“…I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states ... of the Center for Preservation Leadership for the National Trust for Historic Preservation welcomed 35 ... has an enormous collection of historical buildings built between 1890s and 1930. Take a look at Temple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:11:36

ACRES OF BOOKS–THE MOVIE?

It’s true: a documentary is in the works on that bookstore we once had You’ve read–er, seen–the bookstore Acres of Books. Now, see the movie? ... in Long Beach, where fabulous buildings with great potential–like the Pacific Coast Club ... the presence of two historical societies, and an active city historic preservation officer. It’s hard to watch [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 20:03:56

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

Columbia wants to demolish historic buildings

From HDC:Three buildings slated for demolition by Columbia University have been deemed historically significant by New York State’s Historic Preservation Office. As a result of an application submitted by Assembly Member Daniel O’Donnell, the state’s preservation office has determined that a group of residential buildings on West 115th [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 05:21:00

Silver Towers get landmark status

Filed under things I really don't understand: Silver Towers/University Village, ... Village Society for Historic Preservation, who battled to preserve the buildings: Silver Towers ... awards from the American Institute of Architects and the City Club, was dubbed "one of ten buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 21:12:30

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

No Apple Store for D.C. Anytime Soon

Attention local urban sophisticates! You will not be able to visit an Apple Store in the District of Columbia anytime soon! ... Georgetown Board, charged with preserving historic preservation standards, “felt that the design [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 20:39:41

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

Size matters: suburban county limits size of mega-mansions in older neighborhoods

The Montgomery (MD) ... ." Austin, TX (courtesy of the National Trust for Historic Preservation) Not everyone is so restrained ... is wiping out historic neighborhoods one house at a time. As older homes are demolished and replaced [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 13:34:15

Preservation Roundup: Grant Program’s Success in Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood, Energy Efficiency, Templehof Airport, Nuclear Urbanism

Preserving Susan B. Anthony’s Neighborhood: The Landmark Society of Western New York’s mini-grant program supplied 12 applicants with money for ... Historic preservation grant programs can do more than preserve properties; they also can nurture ... . The space belongs to one of Europe’s largest buildings, Templehof Airport. “Typical of Nazi-era [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:35:14

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

Presevationists Rally Around Historic Farmhouse

It's not often that a historic preservation battle focuses on and old farmhouse ... plans to move the 139-year-old Mumford House, which was named for the school's original Dean of Agriculture. The house reportedly stands in the way of new landscaped plaza and bell tower.This "Model [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:47:00

All Zoning, All Day

Let’s move from the theoretical debate over zoning to an actual example taking place right here near the Show-Me Institute’s Clayton office ... passage of historic preservation districts? Or should the rights or people to do what they want ... historic districts. It would take 51 percent of property owners to petition for the creation of a local [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:49:33

Canada has a system that designates rivers as heritage resources

It doesn't necessarily provide any protections, but is still an interesting concept ... to be in the habit of calling "historic preservation"--the term we use in the U.S.--heritage preservation ... mostly of buildings. Although the heritage area idea focuses on the idea of the "cultural landscape [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:43:00

Our Morning Roundup

Bloomingdale (for now) wonders if its hood’s new cast-iron tree boxes are a good thing. The Heights Life offers five quick thoughts ... that are exempt from historic preservation review boards. This fact does not mean that any designer should ... buildings in these areas. It does not mean that a free-for-all is appropriate or even the most simply “ [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 04:10:34

We've Made It!

I know it's been a long while since my last post, but in my defense, we have been a little busy ... . I don't have the whole story, but apparently the woman who was responsible for historic preservation ... by me. And which seems to be just fine by a lot of people associated with preservation in the area. They're [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:22:00

Adaptive Re-use

by Erik Hare My daughter asked an innocent question as we rode past on the bus ... worth saving finds a purpose in a changing economy. The condo boom was a great gift to historic preservation at times, allowing Saint Paul to keep old buildings that are well built landmarks even after [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 03:56:37

The Senate Finally Votes

The Senate Finally Votes by BooMan Mon Jan 12th, 2009 at 01:42:54 AM EST Our new senators have conducted their first vote ... and Preserve America historic preservation programs,” Bingaman added. It isn't exactly a sexy bit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 07:00:15

Trams and History

One impediment to streetcar construction in DC is that our local lords of historic preservation have decreed that there can be no overhead wires in ... of the offices and so forth. It’s worth pointing out that historic central cities in Europe seem ... And of course downtown Berne actually is historic, whereas the bulk of the L’Enfant City is composed [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 20:14:34

The Old West’s ‘Non-Renewable Resources’ In Peril

The Old West’s ‘Non-Renewable Resources’ In Peril When it comes to the preservation of historic landmarks, it’s often “the grand, ... , in places like Utah and Colorado, it’s those everyday buildings—the remnants of early frontier settlements— ... they could to make it,” one archaeologist said of a historic homestead near Salt Lake City. “That’ [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 14:49:07

Go Home Already: Berry Good

Photo by staceyviera >> A civil rights group called the Partnership for Civil Justice filed a federal lawsuit today to halt ... proposing an exemption for churches from the DC Historic Preservation Act has been resurrected by Ward ... its school reuse plans for seven of the D.C. public schools that will be closed this summer. [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 16:24:25

ART THEATRE, BIXBY PARK BANDSHELL AMONG PROJECTS GETTING PRESERVATION AWARDS

The folks behind nine recent historic preservation efforts will be honored at 6 p.m. Feb ... will get a nod–as they should; great historic apartment houses are scarce now. And for midcentury [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:05:20

1516 H street

In reply to Streetscape: 1924: While the Wilkins building is lost, the row house to the right, #1516, is still there, albeit with an altered ( ... plans to raze most of the historical buildings around Lafayette Square in order to replace them ... , one of the first examples of preservation focused on a historic district, not just a single building [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 14:21:46

Bereft of people, beautiful buildings just empty shells

Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) A building designed to recapture the past may evoke nostalgia, but bereft of real people, it will be like an empty shell ... . “Buildings and settings alone do not make a place,” said Kingston Heath, professor of historic preservation at the University of Oregon. Heath draws attention to a niche architecture and urban ... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 06:21:19

Keep Houston Houston

It's late tonight, and I've been wanting to pass this along for a while: a really insightful little blog post on what makes Houston great, ... rail networks. And there’s a lot of good changes to push for, like preserving our most historic buildings, adding and improving the park system, increasing roadway capacity, building a coherent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:07:00

Boston’s Biggest Mansion

(Photo courtesy Boston Globe) Who says you have to move to the suburbs if you want a spacious home? ... equity firm, is actually combining two historic buildings to create a single-family structure ... who are moving back to the city, and choosing to preserve historical buildings by making expensive [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 18:18:17

Argentina: Building Preservation Law Set to Expire

Rodrigo Ruiz Ciancia of Basta de Demoler es , a blog dedicated to the preservation of historical buildings in Buenos Aires, writes about a Preservation Law that is set to expire in mid-December, which would leave approximately 3,600 buildings unprotected. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 02:08:27

Curbed Reader Comment Round Up

The best posts usually originate in our comments. To give appreciation to our amazing (and sometimes angry) ... to inspire a child to become an architect. The Broad and Resnick buildings both remind me of Rafael ... will never show up drunk in the tabloids. This story is the best argument for historic preservation [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 00:14:15

REDFORD ATTACKS BUSH THE LAME DUCK

With just days left until George W. Bush gets the boot from the White House, Robert Redford is getting in a few final goodbye jabs. At a news conference yesterday at the National Press Club in Washington, the legendary actor/director/Democrat advocated on behalf of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. But that wasn’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:16:45

Notes from the Field: New Orleans Loses a Valued Leader

Rev. Marshall Truehill, a staunch ally in our battle over the demolition of the New Orleans public housing developments, and more recently, ... of this confident preacher. As the representative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in New Orleans ... about saving and re-using old buildings, that it was really about whether housing policies for [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:45:36

Time To Form A Brown Derby Liberation Team?

Poor Brown Derby. A shell of its former self (literally) ... that these beloved buildings-shaped-like-stuff are hard to keep around because new tenants or developers may ... . I suppose this is where the City’s historic preservation mechanism usually comes into place....I’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 22:02:06

Adding the arts to Obama’s economic plan

Not just a place at the table, but an office in the halls of power. Robert Lynch envisions this for the arts ... agencies on providing more artist commissions for creative design, public artworks and historic preservation-projects in transportation infrastructure. The point of increasing government funding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:05:53

Give Philly Books for the Holidays

This has been a good year for books about Philadelphia and its buildings. Architect James B. Garrison, who specializes in historic preservation work at the firm formerly known as Hillier (Now some ridiculous combination of letters, such as RMJM), has just published a gorgeous survey [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 19:39:00

How to Spend $825 billion?

The Democrats on the Appropriations committee have released their plan to stimulate the economy by playing the combined roles of wet nurse and ... improvements to visitor facilities, road and trail restoration, preservation of buildings of cultural and historic importance, rehabilitation of abandoned mines and oil fields, and environmental cleanup [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:48:00

Billboards Gotta Go in Xi'an China

The colonel greets visitors to Xi'an China Some nice news out of China on the preservation front: ... the historic capital's walls in order to eliminate "visual pollution." They'll be taking down over 190 current ... and residential buildings in the area, He Hongxing, director of Xi'an urban planning bureau, said. "We hope [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 14:00:00

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

Lee Leffingwell to Enter Austin Mayor's Race Saturday

And so it becomes official. Current Place 1 City Councilman Lee Leffingwell will announce his bid for Mayor of Austin tomorrow morning from the ... steps of his childhood home in the Bouldin neighborhood in South Austin. Lee Leffingwell Mayor ... of social services, preservation of historic structures, campaign finance reform, and efforts to make city [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:54:28

Watchdog Group Wins Legal Battle to Depose Cheney Aide

A government watchdog group can depose a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney about preserving vice presidential documents, a U.S ... for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and arrange for a deposition over the preservation ... to ensuring that important historical documents will not be lost to future generations,” said Anne [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 08:00:00

Building regulations (including historic preservation), religious freedom, and local and federal laws

Brutalist’ style: Members hope to replace this modernist building near the White House with a more welcoming church ... can be made, allowing for the demolition of historic buildings and their replacement. It's rare ... regulations.Today's Christian Science Monitor has a story, "'Historic' building versus religious rights [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:37:00

Around the web, January 3

More on EFCA's real kicker, compulsory arbitration In L.A ... . and even Boston, billboards now part of the historic-preservation legacy Katherine Mangu-Ward, Reason Big Washington Post what-went-wrong-at-AIG series, parts one, two, three, fascinating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 04:04:56

For the Love of Historic Preservation

Some families support education, others health care, still other cancer research, ... 1828 Askren House in Indianapolis, allowing officials to repair the roof and masonry, and eventually ... preservation projects. The Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) program administers the program [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 13:25:25

Reverend Dr. Marshall Truehill Jr.

A big blow for every community.He was at his best when he spoke for himself:Man, that's a great clip.He came to Austin with Karen, John Barry, and I ... have learned.--From Walter Gallas of the National Trust for Historic Preservation:I first met Rev [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 17:40:00

Walkable Neighborhoods / Atlanta’s Beltline

So last night I attended a meeting about The Beltline and found out about a fun website called walkscore.com ... , historic preservation, new park space and greenspace, hopefully cleansing runoff, daylighting creeks ... on this thing, which was the difference between 9 story buildings and mile-high buildings, which [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 17:49:25

Communities should be interested in their geologic past

While serving as the late Governor Dixy Lee Ray’s chief policy adviser back in the late 1970s, one of the many duties she assigned to me, and the one I enjoyed most, was as Washington State’s historic-preservation officer — a duty that embraced the state’s history and its archeological and geological treasures [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:21:15

Historians and Archaeologists fight to preserve historic Nicosia

Archaeologists petition mayor to block old city projects By Stefanos Evripidou 30 December 2008Cyprus MailA GROUP of historians and archaeologists ... the argument that a number of listed buildings forming part of the archaeological character ... buildings, noted the academics.A new cathedral in the historical core of the town would undermine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:18:00

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