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Recent Stories of the Week
- Once Upon a Time
Theme parks, overshadowed by mega-amusement parks, struggle to make a comeback.
Jan. 9, 2004 - Full Speed Ahead
Preservationists hop on board to save Harvey Houses
Jan. 31, 2003 - Field of Dreams
Baseball players still hit homers in Cardines Field, one America's oldest ballparks.
Mar. 12, 2004 - New Orleans Faces Off with Wal-Mart
Some residents say a superstore in the Lower Garden District has displaced families, will harm local businesses, and won't fit into the historic area.
Mar. 19, 2004 - Lost Frontier
Closed 24 years ago, a Silicon Valley amusement park now exists only in cyberspace.
Aug. 18, 2002 - Street Smart
What happens after city workers accidentally pave over historic marble cobblestones?
Mar. 26, 2004 - A Model Prisoner
Finding a new raison d'etre for the old cell block.
October 3, 2003 - Trouble on the Waterfront
A preservation debate develops in Yonkers, N.Y.
Apr. 23, 2004 - Subdivided They Stand
Only a few of landscape architect Jens Jensen's Midwestern designs survive.
May 7, 2004 - Changing the World, One Building at a Time
A D.C. Developer Balances Preservation and Progress
July 11, 2008 - Tin-Can Treasures
Are Quonsets, steel hangar-like huts left over from WW II, worth preserving?
May 21, 2004 - Fun to Stay at the YMCA
Restoring and renovating the country's neighborhood icons
November 21, 2001 - Going Postal
Three post office renovations deliver three very different preservation messages.
May 28, 2004 - Separation Anxiety
Reno struggles to protect divorce-era icons like the 1927 Silver State Lodge, where Bing Crosby and Greta Garbo once stayed.
June 25, 2004 - Deserted in Arizona
Surrounded by strip malls, a Tempe fortune teller refuses to sell her house to developers.
April 4, 2003 - Blow Up
In Alabama, a Postwar Neighborhood Built from Bomb Crates.
May 10, 2002 - Eagle Eye
A New Yorker's quest to find and preserve Grand Central Station's lost iron statues
Aug. 8, 2003 - Java Jolt
A Seattle teahouse stirs interest in the history of the relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Mar. 14, 2003 - Moonlighting
One of Kentucky's "Moonlight Schools" Will Remain a Museum of Literacy
Mar. 7, 2003 - Last Chance for Gas
Palm Springs refuels a gas station as a tribute to its modern architecture.
Oct. 16, 2003
