Inside Our July/August Issue
Wright Where You'd Least Expect It
In a remarkable effort, an Alabama city bought and restored a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Learn More
Palm Springs' Orbit In
The Rat Pack may be gone, but Palm Springs is hip again (Credit: Basil Childers) Learn More
Today's News 
- San Antonio Demolitions Increase
Aug. 7, 2008 - A Florida School Crumbles
Aug. 6, 2008 - Fire Guts 1828 Courthouse in S.C.
Aug. 5, 2008 - Good News for Miami's Modern Marine Stadium
Aug. 4, 2008
Story of the Week
How a Historic New York City Hotel Uses the Arts to Show Off its Neighborhood
Since it opened in 1931, Essex House, with its telescoping profile, restrained art deco trim, and legendary rooftop sign, has been a prominent hotel on Central Park South, a street wall of towers that shows off some of the best of 20th-century Manhattan.
Newly renovated, the 44-story structure, renamed Jumeirah Essex House since its 2005 acquisition by Dubai-based Jumeirah Group, this year has joined Historic Hotels of America (HHA), a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that markets 211 of these one-of-a-kind landmarks. Read More
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From the magazine's current issue: America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places |
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