Preservation in the News - October 8, 2009
Posted October 9, 2009 | Contact pr@nthp.org or 202-588-6141
In immigration debate, the writing's on the wall
Tamara Barak Aparton Examiner 10/08/09
Outlet: San Francisco Examiner
Short stories: Chinese inscriptions tell the tales of many immigrants that passed through Angel Island. As the immigration debate rages on national talk shows and at Board of Supervisors meetings, Angel Island is injecting history into the conversati...
Main Street cleanup Saturday
10/08/09
Outlet: Tennessean, The
The street cleanup is in preparation for the National Trust for Historic Preservation tour of East Nashville. Participants are asked to meet at 8 a.m. at Warner School, 626 Russell St. Briefs: Main Street cleanup Saturday The Friends of Histo...
Former First Lady Coming To Nashville
10/08/09
Outlet: City Paper, The
Former first lady Laura Bush will speak in Nashville next week to attendees of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's week-long preservation conference. Bush will talk about preservation during a luncheon for conference attendees on Oct. 1...
Former first lady to speak in Nashville
10/08/09
Outlet: Nashville Business Journal
Former first lady Laura Bush will speak in Nashville next week to attendees of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's week-long preservation conference. Bush will talk about preservation during a luncheon for conference attendees on Oct. 1...
National Historic Preservation Trust's "2009 11 Most Endangered List" Includes Century City Hotel
Thorpe, Betsy 10/08/09
Outlet: Nashville Past and Present
This year marks the 22nd annual list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Since 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has used this list as a powerful alarm to raise awareness of the serious threats facing the nation's greate...
'Big-Box' Stores' Prices, Convenience Thrill Shoppers
Landphair, Ted 10/08/09
Outlet: Voice of America
But not everyone adores mega-stores.. The National Trust for Historic Preservation calls them big boxes and has published guidebooks on how to keep them out of town. The American landscape is full of gigantic stores as large as 30,000 square met...
Alexandria Arlington Community Events Oct. 8-15, 2009
Manglapus, Ria 10/08/09
Outlet: Washington Post - Alexandria Bureau, The
Tavern Museum Lectures... and Dwight Young of National Trust for Historic Preservation discusses 'Cemetery Art,' Oct. 28. Tavern Museum Lectures, historian Carole Herrick discusses 'A Defenseless Alexandria in 1814,' followed by a reception, We...
Main Street: Murfreesboro/Rutherford County Achieves Certification
10/08/09
Outlet: WGNS-AM
The program serves as a coordinating partner with the National Main Street Center, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. There are currently 23 Main Street organizations in Tennessee, joining more than 2,000 communities nationwid...
Architecture Grad Student Wants to Make a Change
10/08/09
Outlet: Career Doctor Blog
According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, "Positions exist at all levels of government, in nonprofit organizations, and with private firms. In the public sector, the National Park Service, state historic preservation offices, and loc...
The "Helping Johnny Walk to School" Initiative for South Carolina
10/08/09
Outlet: South Carolina Sustainable Schools and Communities Summit Blog
Our initiative is one of just six states in the country to receive funding from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the US Environmental Protection Agency to find new strategies for siting schools that not only achieves educational objec...
We're Going to Clean Up Main Street!
10/08/09
Outlet: Eastwood Neighbors News Blog
In preparation for The National Trust for Historic Preservation tour of East Nashville Saturday October 10th at 8am Meet at Warner School 626 Russell Street Workers please note! Refreshments to be provided Thanks to our volunteers!...
Portland to Nashville - Day 4
10/08/09
Outlet: Vintage Roadside Blog
If you're just joining us, we're about half-way through our road trip to the National Preservation Conference, Oct 13 - 17. Nashville or Bust! Oddest moment of the day - browsing through the display cases of the Wyoming Frontier Prison Museum whil...
America's Most Endangered Hotels
Ling, P. 10/08/09
Outlet: Uptake Hotels Blog
The battle to save Century Plaza went into overdrive earlier this year when the building was named as one of America's 11 most endangered places for 2009 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and actress Diane Keaton became the public and...
Riverside Cemetery a Finalist in "This Place Matters" Contest!
10/08/09
Outlet: Southern Graves Blog
Sarah, a Twitter friend, alerted me to the finalists for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Places that Matter Contest. Riverside Cemetery in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia is on the list!! Only a couple days left to vote! Sarah, a Twi...
Mattapan to make case for Main Streets designation
Huffman, Zach 10/08/09
Outlet: Bay State Banner
The program, which is based on a model designed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is intended to bolster local businesses by organizing designated "main streets" along with local management groups that will assist in acquiring loans or...
Laura Bush To Speak At Nashville Event
10/08/09
Outlet: WSMV-TV
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former first lady Laura Bush is scheduled to speak at the Advocacy Luncheon during the National Trust for Historic Preservation's National Preservation Conference. Bush's speech at the weeklong conference will be Oct. 15 at noo...
Makeover turns home into national contender
Christensen, Pia Hallenburg 10/08/09
Outlet: Spokesman-Review, The
While the volunteers were at it, someone lined them up on the front porch and snapped a picture for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's "This Place Matters" campaign. The granite house with the broad front porch and the spiked turret...
Showcasing architecture: National conferences proving success of efforts to trumpet cultural attract
10/08/09
Outlet: Buffalo News
Also worth mentioning is the decision by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to hold its 2011 conference in Buffalo, and another conference by the Society of Architectural Historians in 2014. This week's welcome presence here of the Chi...
$5,000 awarded to State Park for feasibility study
Edith Tucker 10/07/09
Outlet: Granite State News
Ben Wilson... explained that he is passionately committed to submitting a winning application for a federal $250,000 Save America's Treasures (SAT) grant in January 2010. LANCASTER - The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (NHCF) has awarded $5,...
National Trust For Historic Prservation completes restoration of Rosenwald Schools
10/07/09
Outlet: Stokes News, The
The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently announced the complete restoration of the first seven of 33 historic Rosenwald Schools made possible by $2 million in grants from the Loweâs Charitable and Educational Foundation. The schools, whi...
Poetry, songs, friends mark Hope Hamilton's birthday
Ann Butler 10/07/09
Outlet: Durango Herald, The
Rod Barker... Colorado's delegate to the White House Conference on Travel and Tourism and is a charter member of Historic Hotels of America. He is the dyslexic father of a dyslexic son, Jeremy, who is a college student. Article Last Updated; Wedne...
Flippant Stray Thoughts for 10/7/2009
Jenseni, Paul 10/07/09
Outlet: Nashville Blotter Blog
Former first lady Laura Bush will be in Nashville next week to speak at the National Trust for Historic Preservation's conference... Signed: By the Predators, forward Dave Scatchard, to a 1-year $550 Large NHL contract. He was sent to Milwaukee,...
Bush Will Speak at the National Preservation Conference October 15TH
10/07/09
Outlet: News 2 at 4 PM - WKRN-TV
Former First Lady Laura Bush will be in Nashville next week. Mrs. Bush will speak at the National Preservation Conference October 15TH. The event will be held at teh Renaissance Hotel beginning at noon. Tickets for the Advocacy Luncheon are still a...
Preserve Fort Snelling's Upper Post meeting
10/07/09
Outlet: 5 Eyewitness News Midday - KSTP-TV
Tonight you'll have a chance to give your input about what should be done to preserve Fort Snelling's Upper Post. An historic 141 acres site has 28 badly deteriorating buildings. It's been designated one of the nation's 11 Most Endangered Historic Pl...
Autumn in New York
VICTOR G. MIMONI 10/06/09
Outlet: Schneps Publications
There will be costume-guided tours of Sunnyside, the homestead of Washington Irving, and the Rockefeller Estate and gardens at Kykuit. The Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society (DLNHS) is conducting a fall Hudson River trip on Saturday,...
Former first lady to speak in Nashville
10/06/09
Outlet: Business Review - Online
Former first lady Laura Bush will speak in Nashville next week to attendees of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's week-long preservation conference. Bush will talk about preservation during a luncheon for conference attendees on Oct....
Front Street earns national honor
Koenig, Seth 10/06/09
Outlet: Times Record, The
Bath was once ranked the 17th best small city in the nation, and in 2005 was named one of America's 12 Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. BATH â Bathâs bustling Front Street has been named one of the countr...
Intern helps advance Ore. Main Street Program
Rautenstrauch, Bill 10/06/09
Outlet: Observer, The
The state program is affiliated with the National Trust Main Street Center, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C. Oct. 7--Local efforts related to the Oregon Main Street Program will get a boost with the a...
Senator Theatre crowd not there to see movie
Luke Broadwater 10/06/09
Outlet: BaltimoreMessneger.com
In 2001, the National Trust for Historic Preservation dubbed the Senator the 'quintessential independent historic movie house.'' Tom Keifaber, center, talks to Donald Herndon, an exterior specialist working for James Buzz Cusack, owner of the Ch...
Seneca shortfall may derail courthouse
10/06/09
Outlet: Toledo Blade
Yesterday, Franklin Conaway, head of the Seneca County Courthouse and Downtown Development Group, told commissioners the group is at work on grant applications, including... the federal Save America's Treasures program. As courthouse supporters...
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