Preservation in the News - February 12, 2010
Posted February 17, 2010
Historic Century Plaza Hotel Spared from Wrecking Ball
02/12/10
Outlet: LAist
From February 11 - "How is the demolition of a 40-year-old, fully functioning building environmentally responsible?" asked Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, when plans about the project surfaced. "It boggles the...
Century Plaza Hotel Deal: Landmark Will Be Preserved
Adelman, Jacob 02/12/10
Outlet: Huffington Post, The
(Associated Press) From February 12 - "Together we've shown that with perseverance and dedication, preservation advocates, developers and our elected officials can re-envision development to save our country's one-of-a-kind places," National Trust President Richard Moe...
Search for these vacation hot spots
Abramson, Ben 02/12/10
Outlet: USA Today
From February 11 - "Because many of these communities are off the beaten track, visitors can (go) without busting the family budget," David Brown says. Travelers in search of umbrella drinks on warm beaches have plenty of options across the USA....
Deal spares Century Plaza hotel from wrecking ball
Groves, Martha 02/12/10
Outlet: Los Angeles Times
From February 11 - Diane Keaton, a trustee of the National Trust, said in a statement: "I am so glad that everyone came together and found a way to preserve this architectural gem. You see? It can be done. Development and preservation are not mutuall...
Fairfield County town's revitalization an example of what local volunteers' efforts can accomplish
Lane, Mary Beth 02/12/10
Outlet: Columbus Dispatch
From February 7 - "We think local leadership is, if not more valuable than, then at least as valuable as outside perspective," [Lauren Adkins] said. "All solutions are local. What is going to make Bremen come back is always going to be a unique answe...
Family's dilemma: Gas rights vs. black heritage
02/12/10
Outlet: Philadelphia Inquirer
From February 7 - Their 153-acre farm has remained in the family for seven generations... The National Trust for Historic Preservation called it "a rare and highly significant African American cultural landscape." Denise Dennis' ancestors were...
Preservationists Outraged As Obama Cancels Building Restoration Programs
Alter, Lloyd 02/12/10
Outlet: Treehugger
From February 10 - This investment by the SAT [Save America's Treasures] program generated...16,012 jobs (a job being one full time equivalent job for one year...the same way they are counting jobs for the Stimulus Program). The cost per job created?...
Court challenge to Wilderness Wal-Mart heard
02/12/10
Outlet: Washington Post
From February 12 - A Circuit Court judge for Orange County, Va. is expected to decide in about a month whether to dismiss a suit brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and others to overturn the Aug. 25 decision of the county's...
SE Texas group works to save black schoolhouses
02/12/10
Outlet: Houston Chronicle
From February 11 - Through the National Trust for Historic Preservation and with $4 million in grants from Lowe's, 53 Rosenwald schools nationwide have been preserved. Fifty years ago, a teacher in a one-room Jasper County schoolhouse faced a...
Walmart challengers battle county in court
Poole, Jeff 02/11/10
Outlet: Orange County Review
From February 11 - Listed as the plaintiffs on the suit are National Trust for Historic Preservation...The suit alleges that the board of supervisors' 4 to 1 vote to approve the special use permit was "unreasonable, arbitrary, capricious and not reas...
Planning process for new hospitals challenged, defended in federal court
Barrow, Bill 02/10/10
Outlet: Times-Picayune
From February 11 - A lawsuitfiled by the National Trust for Historic Preservation claims that government parties violated the National Environmental Policy Act when they fast-tracked the required pre-construction review to bypass a comprehensive "env...
They remind people of how things were
Tillman, Zoe 02/10/10
Outlet: Gazette, The
From February 11 - The 2004 summit was organized after the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the tobacco barns of southern Maryland to its list of the "11 Most Endangered Historic Places" that year. Threats to the barns included the decl...
Stanback Museum gets exhibit on historic Rosenwald schools
Brown, Martha Rose 02/08/10
Outlet: Times & Democrat
From February 9 - Stanback Director and Curator Ellen Zisholtz said the National Trust and Humanities Council "approached us to see if we'd like to show the screen," a two-sided display showing photographs, notes and explanations about the history of...
The Architect Who's Rebuilding Chicago
McClory, Robert 02/08/10
Outlet: Chicago Reader
From February 9 - The redesign subsequently won awards from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the International Association of Lighting Designers, thus providing Coffey with an instant reputation--and a springboard to other projects....
Preserving Conn's Unique Architectural Past
Kelly, John 02/08/10
Outlet: College Voice
From February 8 - But to now approach the building, one quickly sees that a different attitude has been taken towards the little house. "THIS PLACE MATTERS," reads the National Trust for Historic Preservation signs posted over all the windows. Do...
Attic artifacts reveal Hall's history
Behre, Robert 02/07/10
Outlet: Post and Courier, The
From February 8 - The National Trust for Historic Preservation has owned Drayton Hall for more than 35 years, and it figured it was finally time to get around to cleaning out the attic. Carter Hudgins, director of preservation at Drayton Hall,...
Conference focuses on a green future for historic buildings
Ellingboe, Sonya 02/05/10
Outlet: Colorado Community Newspapers
From February 6 - ...Pocantico Proclamation, formatted by more than 20 experts with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which urges communities to view re-use of buildings, as well as new buildings through a green lens. Saving Places...
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