Preservation in the News - November 30, 2009
Posted November 30, 2009
Why should 'heritage' be preserved?
Elliott, Jack 11/30/09
Outlet: EnerPub
From November 26 - The rationalization is that these things will help us understand "who we are, where we came from, and what is the legacy that shapes...us," as Richard Moe, President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation once noted....
'Los Angeles Portrait of a City' party at Crossroads of the World
Olivier, Ellen 11/30/09
Outlet: Los Angeles Times
From November 28 - Linda, a board member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, expressed concern for the city's endangered landmarks, which include Santa Anita Racetrack. "L.A. is our home," she said. "We care about the city." S...
Rail system still faces many hurdles
Cayetano, Ben 11/30/09
Outlet: Honolulu Advertiser
From November 27 - Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, recalling the fate of the Superferry, warned, "It's not wise to belittle a process that's very much a part of our law." And the National Trust for Historic Preservation warned the city that its fa...
How 2 cities revived old train stations
Patton, Naomi 11/30/09
Outlet: Detroit Free Press
From November 29 - They were inspired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation's "This Place Matters" initiative. They were boarded up eyesores in the 1970s and 1980s with crumbling roofs, broken windows and beyond dingy interiors strew...
More Federal Money for Historic Preservation Exists, Needs to be Appropriated
11/30/09
Outlet: Ecology of Absence
From November 25 - Funded by offshore oil leases, the $150 million fund is supposed to be available for matching grants to state and territorial historic preservation offices, tribal historic preservation offices, historically black colleges and univ...
Area downtown organization a finalist for Great American Main Street Award
Sapochetti, Tony 11/30/09
Outlet: Pantagraph
From November 26 - Lori Fairfield, executive director of Pontiac Redeveloping Our United Downtown (PROUD), said the award is given to five main street organizations a year by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Winners will be named in Okla...
Help design an Allston Village walking tour
11/30/09
Outlet: Allston-Brighton Tab
From November 26 - With funding and support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation Partners in the Field Program, two local historic preservation organizations, Historic Boston Incorporated and the Boston Preservation Alliance, are using t...
Downtown sites challenge congregations
11/27/09
Outlet: Springfield News-Sun
From November 28 - Across the country, those historic, downtown churches have struggled to survive. The National Trust for Historic Preservation placed urban houses of worship on its most endangered sites list in 2003. Some churches follow mem...
Downtown Kent, Ohio, rising Phoenix-like as city, KSU and businesses coalesce
Nichols, Jim 11/26/09
Outlet: Plain Dealer
From November 26 - He, his staff and some downtown business leaders mapped out a plan to create a new downtown planning, preservation and reinvestment nonprofit called Main Street Kent. It's affiliated with the National Trust for Historic Preservatio...
Airfield of Destiny: Jim Petersen shows what one person can do
Koecher, Rolf 11/25/09
Outlet: Davis County Clipper
From November 26 - His dogged determination resulted in the airfield's main hangar recently making the list of America's 11 Most Endangered Public Places. And this month, work has started on stabilizing the Enola Gay hangar, thanks to a $450,000 gran...
Annual festival celebrates year of rebuilding
11/25/09
Outlet: Galveston County Daily News, The
From November 26 - The downtown was added to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2009 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Galveston Historical Foundation will stage its annual Dickens on The Strand Victorian Holida...
Ashly Gear Improves Sound, Energy Efficiency at Boston Landmark
Hammel, Frank 11/25/09
Outlet: Front of House
From November 26 - The Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, a landmark since the Roaring Twenties, has been inducted as a member of the Historic Hotels of America. But the sound system used for its six sizable ballrooms was a source of frustration to...
Costs of Fixing Turner House Increase
Hixson, Josh 11/25/09
Outlet: Park Cities People
From November 26 - To gather the rest of the funds, Aikman and the board have been making presentations at local and national charitable organizations such as the Meadows Foundation, the Hoblitzelle Foundation, and the National Trust for Historic Pre...
Grants helps preserve historic gems in southern Delaware
Murray, Molly 11/25/09
Outlet: News Journal - Sussex Bureau, The
From November 26 - Earlier this year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded Preservation Delaware a $75,000 grant to expand on-the-ground field services and hands-on assistance in southern Delaware..."I am a preservationist not because...
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