History / Preservation
Berlin Seeks UNESCO Status For 1920s Social Housing
Six social housing projects built in 1920s Berlin by such architects as Walter Gropius and Bruno Taut are being considered for preservation as UNESCO sites.
Mexico Seeks Claim On Privately-Owned Mayan Ruins
Private ownership of the site of ancient Mayan ruins in Mexico have legislators clamoring to claim the site as property of the country.
Proposed Gold Rush Street Updates Rile Preservationists
A proposal to update the streetscape of a historic Gold Rush-era street in California has local preservationists on the defense.
Saintly Street Stories In L.A.
A Los Angeles artist has recently completed a project documenting each of the city's street named after saints, and has crafted murals of each one to show how the life of the randomly-named streets mirrors the lives and work of their namesakes.
Rebirth Of A 19th Century Train Terminal
A derelict train depot in London has been given a 21st-century makeover in preparation for its opening as the terminal for high-speed trains traveling in between the English capital and other European cities such as Paris and Brussels.
Hawaiians Unite Against Development
Residents on the Hawaiian island of Kauai are rallying together to oppose the island's overdevelopment. Their main rallying point is the contentious inter-island "Superferry".
University Embarks On $50 Million Restoration Of Wright Buildings
A Florida university that is home to 12 buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has undertaken a $50 million effort to restore the crumbling buildings.
APA Lists Best North American Neighborhoods
APA has published a list of its "Top Ten Neighborhoods". The list tends towards the coasts, but includes two inland outliers.
Life Outside The Fences In Guantanamo City
This article from the BBC looks at what life is like on the other side of the fences in Guantanamo City, Cuba.
A Vision Of Pre-Colonized Manhattan
This slideshow from The New Yorker features historic maps and computer-recreations to show how Manhattan may have looked before the arrival of Europeans.
Economy On The Rise In Former Apartheid Hotbed
From a former hotbed of apartheid has risen a bastion of economic hope. A new shopping mall is part of the economic turnaround in the South African township of Soweto.
To Park Or Preserve?
A plan to demolish a historic nightclub to make way for a 20-space parking lot in Toronto is "lunacy", writes Christopher Hume.
Maryland's Rent-Free Historic Homes
This report from National Public Radio looks at Maryland's Resident Curatorship program -- a method of historic preservation that allows people to live rent-free in historic homes in exchange for performing preservation work.
Historic Hotels May Fall To Create Surface Parking
Citing a need for downtown parking, a public official in Stockton, California, has proposed demolishing eight historic hotel buildings to build parking lots.
Former Capital Seeks To Regain Title
Residents in the Bolivian city of Sucre are mounting an effort to have their city regain its status as the country's capital -- a designation is lost in 1899. But the costs of transferring the political infrastructure from La Paz would be immense.
Preservationists Eye Bukowski's Bungalow
Literary fans and preservationists push for the recognition and historic designation of a Los Angeles bungalow once occupied by poet and novelist Charles Bukowski. The property is currently up for sale and threatened with demolition.
Density Isn't New For Los Angeles
Forgotten in the ongoing debate about new high-density development is the city's long history of multi-family and mixed-use housing.
The Unwanted Historic Designation
Two buildings in Baltimore were recently approved by the city's historic preservation commission as being worthy of historic designation. The only problem is that the owners don't want it.
Sao Paulo's Ad Ban Becomes Engine For Historic Preservation
The second phase of Sao Paulo, Brazil's strict advertising and signage ban has begun, and is resulting in the renovation and preservation of the city's historic facades.
Plan To Sell Conservation Land Irks Public
A proposal to sell off 9,000 acres of Texas land set aside in a conservation fund has many worried about a loss of public land. But proponents say a private owner would expand, not limit, public access to the land.
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