Historic Preservation

Making the Case for Historic Preservation: Online Competition Leverages Younger and Would Be Preservationists

Stephanie Meeks | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: National Historic Landmark, Historic Tax Credits, Preservation, Historic Preservation, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Buildings, Slidepollajax, Culture News

The spirit and direction of the nation are reflected in our historic heritage, and saving these treasures will enrich us and future generations.

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Chicano Park Celebrates Its Status as a National Historic Monument

John M. Eger | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Graffiti, Historic Preservation, Chicano Art, Neighborhoods, National Parks, Culture, Street Art, Arts News

It's hard to believe that what was once "street art" littering the off ramps and the trestles of a bridge now is part of what has become one of San Diego's cultural landmarks.

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PHOTOS: Trump's Plan For D.C. Landmark Surprises Visitors

HuffingtonPost.com | Megan Arellano | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: District of Columbia, Trump Hotel Dc, Historic Landmarks, Historic Preservation, Donald Trump Dc, Real Estate, Redevelopment, Video, Redevelopment Rights, Old Post Office, Donald Trump, Hotel, Congress Bells, D.C., Donald Trump Old Post Office, Observation Deck, DC News

WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia resident Pinar Arcan has been in the nation's capital long enough to remember Nancy Hanks' campaign to save the Old...

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Why Historic Buildings Matter to the Environment

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Energy, Green Building, Historic Preservation, Cities, Urban Planning, Green News

For most building types, adaptive reuse of older buildings produces measureable -- and sometimes impressive -- green benefits.

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2011's 10 Notable Developments in Landscape Architecture

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Architecture, Peavey Plaza, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, High Line, Landscape Design, Urban Planning, Christian Science Center, Lincoln Park Soundscape, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Fulton Mall, Miller House and Garden, Arts News

I submit this list of 10 notable developments in the world of landscape architecture to reflect on including new designs, significant transformations and influential publications.

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Mr. Jobs, Meet Jackie O

Paul Gunther | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Historic Preservation, Jacqueline Onassis, Technology, Apple, Grand Central Terminal, New York Architecture, Ny Architecture, Steve Jobs, Grand Central Apple, Apple Grand Central, Architecture New York, New York History, Arts News

The new Apple store in Grand Central Terminal is cultural memory writ large, resulting in a renewal of artistic appreciation for a place at risk of being taken for granted.

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To Do: McMillan Sand Filtration Plant Walking Tour (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Bloomingdale, Dc, Video, Dc Around Town, Historic Preservation, McMillan Sand Filtration Plant, Walking Tours, McMillan Reservoir, D.C., DC News

WASHINGTON -- On Saturday, Friends of McMillan Park will be hosting a free Halloween walking tour of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site, the former wat...

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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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What the Loss of the Pinball Museum Says About D.C.

Eli Lehrer | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Taxes, Historic Preservation, Pinball, D.C., Museums, Dc Taxes, Urban Planning, Jane Jacobs, National Pinball Museum, Dc Around Town, DC News

A pinball museum -- one of only two in the world to my knowledge -- is the sort of quirky, interesting, attraction that gives a city real vitality.

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When Is a Landmark A Landmark?

Roberta Brandes Gratz | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Historic Preservation, Modernism, New-York-Landmarks, Architecture, 2 Columbus Circle, Gordon Bunshaft, NY Real Estate, Modernist Architecture, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank, New York News

No more iconic building represents the Modernist era in New York City than the 1954 Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue. Not anymore.

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Stockholm Leads the Way

Roberta Brandes Gratz | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: Historic Preservation, Environmental Policy, Urban Planning, Stockholm, Sweden, Green News

In 2010, Stockholm, Sweden, was selected as the first Green Capital of Europe. After a brief visit, it is easy to see why.

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Is Clarence Thomas At The Center Of An Ethics Violation?

ARTINFO | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, New York Times, Frederick Douglass, Clarence-Thomas-Harlan-Crow, Clarence Thomas, Ethics, Ethics Investigation, Pin Point, Historic Preservation, Georgia, Harlan Crow, Raymond J. McKoski, Slaves, Supreme Court Justice, Supreme Court, Ethics Violation, Arts News

A quaint historical museum in Pin Point, Georgia, that is set to open this fall has become the target of an exhaustive ethics examination by the New Y...

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Nostalgia 2.0: Has Historic Preservation Become a Spectator Sport?

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: American Historical Preservation, American Restoration, Historical Preservation America, America Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation, American History, Arts News

The modern historic preservation movement needs to take action: the current climate demands that it recast itself, build better and more strategic bridges with the design community, and in the process get back in touch with its roots.

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PHOTOS: Former Seoul Torture Center To Be Turned Into Art Museum

AP/The Huffington Post | By ESTHER HONG | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Kimusa, Military, South Korea, Seoul, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Museums, Architecture, Design, Art Museum, Historic Preservation, Contemporary Art Museum, Army Command Center, Torture, Arts News

SEOUL, South Korea -- For many, the stark structure built by the Japanese and then taken over by South Korea's military is a reminder of a painful col...

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Trying To Save John Coltrane's Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Long Island, Huntington, Jazz, John Coltrane, Dix-Hills, John Coltrane Home, Architecture, Historic Preservation, John Coltrane House, Arts News

DIX HILLS, N.Y. -- The orange, red and green shag carpeting in the room where John Coltrane wrote his masterpiece, "A Love Supreme," is, inexplicably,...

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Top Ten Reasons to Save Prentice Hospital

Edward Lifson | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Bertrand Goldberg, Prentice Hospital, Chicago, Chicago News

If you love Chicago, you love Marina City. And if you love Marina City, then you want to save its "sister" currently threatened with demolition -- Pre...

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Village Green: How Towns and Landscape Can Help Each Other

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Environment, Community, Historic Preservation, Maryland, Cities, Small Towns, Agriculture, Green News

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PHOTOS: America's Most Stylish Inns

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hotels, Historic Preservation, Historic Inns, Slidepollajax, Travel News

While there are still a lot of doilies and flowery pillows decorating the cozy Victorian Inns of America, there are also a growing number of chic spot...

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The Value of View

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Landscape Design, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Frederic Edwin Church, Calvert Vaux, Sr., Frederick Law Olmsted, Viewshed, Olana, Arts News

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Few Second Acts at U.Va.

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.25.2011

Pity the architects who've tried for almost 200 years to follow the genius of Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia.

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Landmarking Urban Change in New York

Roberta Brandes Gratz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Historic Preservation, Urban Design, Social Change, New-Urbanism, Density, Modernist-Architecture, 2 Columbus Circle, New York Architecture, NY Culture, NY Real Estate, New York News

New York City has become a city for the rich and the poor for national and local economic reasons that have nothing to do with preservation.

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On 'Ruin Porn'

Ian Ference | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Photography, History, Art, Urban Decay, Industrial Archaeology, Art History, Detroit, Ruins, Historic Preservation, Preservation, Art Theory, Ruin Porn, Richard Nickel, Urban Ruins, Modern Ruins, John Patrick Leary, Louis Sullivan, Detroitism, Arts News

John Patrick Leary's primary mistake in his essay on "Detroitism" is to assume that all photographers who concentrate on modern ruins are Larry Flynts.

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Out With the Old?

Ronda Carman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Historic Preservation, Preservation, The Ruins of Detroit, Historic Detroit, Architecture, Yves Marchand, Romain Meffre, Detroit Architecture, Arts News

Adaptive reuse of buildings not only preserves tangible links to the past, it allows us to take advantage of infrastructure that is already in place.

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"Haven't You Ever Been to the Four Seasons?": Fall Fun at NY's Most Famous Eatery

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Mies Van Der Rohe, Robert A. M. Stern, Simeon Bankoff, The-Four-Seasons-Restaurant, Historic Preservation, Links Club, Hal Bromm, Historic District Consuel, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Columbia University, Pablo Picasso, Yale University, Landmark Lion, Philip Jhonson, Thomas Pike, The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Eleanor Ylvisaker, Veronica Swanson Beard, Lisa Errico, Allison Iraheta, Ferebee Taube, Style, Gucci, New York News

What have acclaimed architect Bob Stern and the most stupendous, sexy shoes imaginable, in common? Why, nothing at all, except for the Four Seasons Re...

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Grant Money for Genealogy Initiatives - Seriously.

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Government, History, Historical, Budget, Economy, Libraries, Grants, Donald Trump, Archives, Genealogy, Historic Preservation, Family History, Healthy Living News

In these difficult economic times, even the exploding field of genealogy is feeling the pinch. Libraries and archives are convenient (and regrettable)...

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