History / Preservation

The Senate votes to keep a decades-old tax incentive for renovating older buildings.

May 14, 2004 - National Trust For Historic Preservation

A Wisconsin-based developer will preserve 25 historic buildings on Silver Spring's deteriorating 32-acre National Park Seminary and build 255 new housing units.

April 26, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Does the public need to know the details of a $95 million deal to preserve the 82,000-acre Hearst Ranch on California's Central Coast?

April 19, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

As the government and real estate developers continue to demolish China's ancient walled cities at an alarming rate, conservationists and residents are left to pick up the pieces.

April 6, 2004 - The Independent

Volunteers work to save above ground cemeteries in New Orleans.

April 5, 2004 - CNN

The APA's chooses 25 issues and events that have had the greatest impact on U.S. and global planning since 1978.

March 26, 2004 - American Planning Association

Declining retails sales may lead to a change in land uses at the famous commercial complex.

March 21, 2004 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Times Square used to exhibit a special kind of urbanity: food, theatre, and sexiness. Does it still?

March 15, 2004 - The New York Times

Atlanta's redevelopment efforts for the 1996 Olympic games never reached the nearby community of Pittsburgh, but the recent renovation of a historic schoolhouse has sparked revitalization efforts throughout the forgotten neighborhood.

March 12, 2004 - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Will a new Wal-Mart Supercenter destroy the West African cultural heritage of Sandfly, GA?

March 8, 2004 - The New York Times

A planned Wal-Mart Supercenter in Sandfly, GA is one of many things that threaten the preservation of one of the oldest African-American settlements in the country.

March 6, 2004 - The New York Times

Redevelopment plans may be stalled by resident action to have Watergate complex designated as a historical landmark.

February 26, 2004 - Washington Business Journal

A magnitude earthquake could collapse the Marriott Library at the University of Utah, endangering thousands of students and many rare books.

February 25, 2004 - The Salt Lake Tribune

There's archaeological evidence that the fiery Santorini may be the mythical city of Atlantis.

February 25, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

A pair of 15-story sugar silos in West Jordan, UT could be renovated into a museum and an arts and culture center.

February 23, 2004 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Israel's planned 452-mile fence is certainly controversial -- but it will likely be an interesting experiment in how cities evolve.

February 23, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

With sales of tobacco declining, tobacco barns, a fixture of Maryland's landscape are disappearing. Some fight to save a piece of history.

February 18, 2004 - The Washington Post

Critics say newly introduced bill could "doom" historic preservation in Philadelphia.

February 13, 2004 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Can Tempe afford -- or afford not to -- keep its oldest houses?

February 13, 2004 - The Next American City

Considered a compromise between historic preservation and new development, preservationists now rue facadectomies.

February 3, 2004 - The Philadelphia Inquirer