Restoration

How You Could Live In A Historic Landmark Rent-Free

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Restoration, Rent Free, State Budgets, Video, Renovation, Preservation, City Budgets, Historic Buildings, Resident Curators, Business News

Now you can live in an historic building rent-free for decades. The catch? You'll need to use a whole lot of elbow grease. The states of Massachus...

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My Secret Love For Garbage

Tara Woodard-Lehman | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Recycle Waste, Restoration, Christianity, Garbage and Redemption, Creation, Recreation, College Chaplaincy, Slidepollajax, Religion News

It became so obvious. All this garbage. All this junk. All this longing to take that which is deemed unworthy -- this was Good News -- really, really, good news. This was Gospel.

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WATCH: Biden Comes Up With a New Nickname For Everglades

Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Restoration, Bill Nelson, Ever-Gators, Alcee Hastings, Video, Biden Gaffe, Elections 2012, Conservation, Obama, Joe Biden, Everglades, Joe Biden Everglades, Biden Everglades, Joe Biden Everglades Safari Park, Vice President Bidens Trip to Everglades, Video of Biden at the Everglades, Alligators, Miami News

Flanked by Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla) and Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla), Vice President Joe Biden spent Monday in the Everglades. He may have even give...

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How Four Women Revived a Derelict Mississippi Town

The New York Times | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Restoration, Southern Towns, Water Valley, Mississippi, Renovation, Housing and Urban Development, Revitalizing, Women News

OVER lunch at the B.T.C. Old-Fashioned Grocery here one day last month - pear zucchini soup and cornbread madeleines - the women of Water Valley were ...

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Celebrity Collector: Rick Dale

Reyne Haines | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Coca-Cola, Antiques, Pawn Stars, American Restoration, Collecting, Celebrities, Restoration, American Restoration Rick Dale, Rick Dale Interview, Rick Dale, American Restoration Show, Celebrity News

Would you ever think being an antique restorer could land you and your business in front of millions of television viewers each week?

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Speak With Your Life: A Witch Doctor, The White House and Charlie

Sonya Denyse | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Justice Ochan, Restoration, Masindi, Uganda, Child Trafficking, Witch Doctors, Restore International, George Kabi, Human Trafficking, Bob Goff, Good News News

Why does a little boy from Uganda get invited to the Oval Office? The year before, Charlie had been kidnapped by a witch doctor and brutally mutilated, but he survived.

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Now Is the Time to Invest in Restoring the Health of the Gulf of Mexico

Vikki N. Spruill | Posted 02.06.2012

It took just 89 days for that well to spew over 4 million barrels of oil, but it will take much longer for us to fully understand the impact of this disaster -- and longer still to rebuild a healthy and prosperous Gulf of Mexico.

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Restorations Aplenty in Detroit

Chris Zadorozny | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Restoration, Detroit Renaissance, Detroit Sports, Michigan Central Station, Building Restoration, Detroit News

Detroit is rising and there are plenty of restoration projects taking place in the Corktown and Downtown areas.

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City Shaping IV: Can Target Right What Minneapolis Is About to Ruin?

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Restoration, Modernism, Urban Revitalization, Urban Planning, Minneapolis, Target Corp, Design, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, High Line, Arts News

Excitement has turned to disappointment in Minneapolis, and what's happening there should be a warning about safeguarding transparency in public process and civic debate.

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Built to Last: A Love Story

Rose-Lynn Fisher | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Restoration, Vintage Cars, Intergenerational Friendship, 1950 Buick Super, Fifty News

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Restoration Jobs Available in Florence and Malta

John M. Eger | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Restoration, History, Caravaggio, Art, Higher Education, Workplace, International, College News

The best art transcends time and place and speaks directly to our common humanity, our sense of justice, our desire for truth. This is true for the work of Caravaggio.

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Hurricane Watch: Protecting Our Ocean Sentries

Vikki N. Spruill | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Restoration, Hurricane, Hurricanes, East Coast Weather, Coasts, Ecosystems, Hurricane Irene, East Coast, Katrina, Katrina Anniversary, Hurricane Katrina, Weather, Oceans, Green News

As the East Coast residents prepare for the worst and hope for the best, it is hard to escape the memory of Hurricane Katrina, which wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast at this moment six years ago.

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Stage Door: The Shoemaker, Victory

Fern Siegel | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Entertainment, Jan Maxwell, 9/11, Theater, Holocaust, Restoration, Monarchy, Off-Broadway, Danny Aiello, Arts News

Incorporating traumatic events on stage is tricky. In the case of The Shoemaker at the Acorn Theater, it's handled with care.

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It's Time We Take the Pulse of the Gulf

Vikki N. Spruill | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Restoration, Oil Spill, Gulf Restoration, Research, Clean Water Act, Science, Alaska, Oceans, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Exxon Valdez, Offshore Drilling, Gulf Oil Spill Recovery, Oil Spill Recovery, Green News

We cannot continue to let the Gulf suffer. Pillars of the regional economy -- tourism, energy, recreational fishing and the seafood industry -- cannot prosper without the natural resources that support them.

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As Government Fails to Protect Endangered Species, One Grassroots Program Quietly Succeeds

Robert J. Cabin | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Restoration, Plant Extinction Prevention Program, Environmentalism, Conservation, Hawaii, Endangered Species, Extinction, Obama Environment, Environmental Policy, Green News

Much to the chagrin of the conservation community, President Obama has not turned out to be a strong environmentalist or defender of vanishing species.

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Bird Survey Suggests If You Plant It, They Will Come

Robert J. Cabin | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Birds, Environment, Hawaii, Restoration, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nature, Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Global Warming, Green News

What remains of the world's natural areas increasingly requires embracing the emerging paradigm of ecological restoration.

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World's Most Unique and Endangered Forest Needs Our Help

Robert J. Cabin | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Restoration, Kokee, Conservation, Kauai, Hawaii, Endangered Species, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Green News

If we Americans fail to preserve and restore our only tropical ecosystems, can we continue to lecture the Brazils and Borneos of the world about the importance of saving theirs?

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The National Trust For Historic Preservation: Bringing Places 'Back To Productive Use'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Restoration, Urban Renewal, Philanthropy, Members Project, Take Part, Charity, Amex, Architecture, National-Trust-for-Historic-Preservation, National Trust, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Impact News

The National Trust for Historic Preservation helps provide leadership, education, advocacy and resources to endangered historic places across Americ...

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Dam Removal Spurs River Renaissance

Rebecca Wodder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green News, Environment, Restoration, River, Green Jobs, Dam, Fish, Green News

The Patapsco is a model for how we can restore rivers and reconnect communities to rivers across the region, and the nation. Tearing down old, unsafe dams opens up all kinds of new opportunities.

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A Pilgrimage to Muir's Mecca: Through the Sacred to the Profane.

Chris Rico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Restoration, Chris Rico, Hetch Hetchy, God, Backpacking, John Muir, Nonprofits, Conservation, Environmentalism, Camping, Yosemite National Park, Water Politics, Spirituality, Travel News

As an avid outdoorsman, I am loathe to acknowledge that I had never before visited Yosemite. I have known that the right time would come for me to explore this legendary, spiritual place.

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Silver Linings in the Muck

William S. Becker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Restoration, Carol Browner EPA, President Obama, Environment, Ecosystems, Oil, Clean Energy, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Home News

It seems insensitive to talk about silver linings in the middle of the life-killing oil spill in the Gulf. But in fact, there are a couple we should ...

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A Synagogue In Cairo

nytimes.com | Andrew Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Restoration, Egypt, Religion, Yeshiva, Cairo, Jewish History, Historic Preservation, Synagogue, Jewish Heritage, Religion News

One of Cairo's most historic synagogues and a yeshiva, restored by the Egyptian government, is to be rededicated next week. ...

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Fixing the Everglades: Looking for Wisdom in An Artificial Swamp

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Restoration, Encroachment, Joe Browder, Ibises, Knight Foundation, Tropical, Knight Center for International Media, Birds, Dr. Dale E. Gawlik, Sawgrass, Herons, Everglades, Airboat, Egrets, Wood Storks, Eric Cline, Canal, Helicopter, River of Grass, Wilderness, Swamp, University of Miami, South Florida, Drinking, Swamp Buggy, Fred Sklar, Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Water, Fish, Environment, South Florida Water Management District, Open-Air Laboratories, Florida Atlantic University, Technology News

Researchers have designed open-air laboratories that are big enough for birds and fish to come in and react to what is going on. They become part of the experiment.

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Haiti's Tomorrow May Be Rooted In Trees, Fertilizer

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Restoration, United Nations Environment Program, Soil, Knight Foundation, Agriculture, Aid, Plots, Knight Center for International Media, Jobs, Flooding, Plan, Trees, Dredging, Farms, Canals, Earth Institute, Countryside, Dominican Republic, Miami, Wood, Poverty, Crops, Tradition, Earthquake, Fire, University of Miami, Haiti, Fertilizer, Rivers, Columbia University, Environment, Food, Charcoal, Marc Levy, World News

The task of restoring Haiti's countryside is extremely difficult and could even be impossible. But the restoration work for a healthy countryside would provide more food and jobs, and make flooding less severe.

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The Preservation Elite Celebrate a Job Well Done in New Orleans at Saks on Fifth Avenue in NYC!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Restoration, New Orleans, Clay Bryant, Stacy Head, Jules Jackson, St Charles Street, Le Bernardin, Bryce Reveley, President Obama, Anne Redd, Gail Wall, Historic Preservation, Betsy Nulty, Meredith Wagner, Jane Scott Hodges, Slaves, Rosemarie Fowler, Hurricane Katrina, Daniela Rivero, Jennifer DeWinter, Shoes, Saks Fifth Avenue, Helen Marie Rodgers, Irvin Mayfield, Carolyn Elder, Holly Snodgrass, Jennifer Mestayer, Patty Gay, Amanda Brown, E. S. Camp, Martha Chandler Dolly, Laura Weil, Dottie Charbonnet, Edith Wharton, Brandi Couvillion, Susan Johnson, Debora Shriver, Lafitte Public Housing Project, Gail Bertuzzi, Jerry Shriver, Haiti, Nico Kean, Audrey Medill, Geoffrey Snodgrass, New Orleans? Preservation Resource Center, Sarah Vaughn, Susan-Wormser, New York News

As the band played "Do You Know What it Means, to Miss New Orleans?" thinking back to an earlier natural disaster, disproportionately impacting blacks, unavoidably reminded one of Haiti.

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