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Historic Summer Camps

A New Orleans Hospital Has a Shot at Recovery

A Walk in the Park: NYC's Essex House

Are Montana's "Trophy Houses" Blocking the View?  

Jim
Jim Abdo
Developer Jim Abdo has served on the board of trustees of the DC Preservation League.

Changing the World, One Building at a Time 

Compromise at the Gardiner Museum in Boston 

What Does a Listing on the National Register Really Mean?

Military Style: An Alabama Fort Becomes an Arts Center

Bathing Beauties: Turning Bathhouses into Spas in Hot Springs, Arkansas

Inside the Kaufmann House Auction: The Owner of Neutra's Icon Says Goodbye to the House She Helped Save

Mod in Phoenix: Arizonans Celebrate the State's Recent Past

Frank Lloyd Wright's Campus: A Florida College Renovates its Wright Collection

A Road Runs Through It: When Highways Bisect Historic Neighborhoods

Buying the Farm: How One Chicago Suburb Saved its Historic Farm

McMansions on Hold: Some Towns Fight Back With a Moratorium on Teardowns

Map Quest: Homeowners Use Sanborn Fire Maps to Guide Restorations

Floods of Historic Proportions: What To Do After a Flood

Lost in the Woods: The Forgotten Historic Structures of Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest

Montana
Montana de Oro State Park, California
Montana de Oro State Park is slated for closure.

This Land Is Your Land: California's Plan to Close 48 State Parks

George Washington's Slaves: The First President's Philadelphia House Will Now Incorporate Archaelogical Finds

Mardi Green: New Orleans Projects Paint the Town Green, But at What Cost? 

Ready for Her Close Up: How a New Survey Will Change the Face of Los Angeles

Detroit's Field of Dreams: Tiger Stadium Will Be Partially Demolished This Spring

Sears
Sears Building
To vandals, abandoned historic buildings, like New Jersey's Sears Building, are quarries for raw materials.

No Trespassing: Looted for Copper, Empty Historic Buildings Become Harder to Rehabilitate

Home Suite Home: Historic Hotels Become Extended-Stay Inns

McMansion Narrowly Averted: Boston's H.H. Richardson House Has a New Owner

The Little Railroad that Could: A Historic Oregon Railroad Tries to Get Back on Track

Small House, Big Problem: Near the Glass House, Another Philip Johnson Work Is Endangered

Open House: Preservation Groups Offer Courses for Real Estate Agents

Best & Worst of 2007

The Making of an Offbeat Baltimore Museum 

The City of Chicago's "Green Bungalows" 

A Historic Oregon Railroad Tries to Get Back on Track

Chicago Puts its Historic Water Tanks on a Pedestal

New Hampshire Can't Afford to Care for its Landmarks

The Last of Baltimore's Arabbers—Horse-and-Cart Vendors—Are Fading Away

Teaching the Living to Care for the Dead

Look Away, Dixie Land 

Roots of an American Subculture

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