History / Preservation
Preserving History In Parks
Orange County plans to preserve some of its agricultural heritage by transforming the Irvine Ranch into a regional historic park.
National Preservation Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2001 National Preservation Awards.
Preservation Week Set For May 2001
"Restore, renew, rediscover your historic neighborhood schools" is the theme for this year's preservation week.
A Damning Look At Historic Preservation
Chicago's Maxwell Street is the birthplace of blues. It's now lost -- a victim to America's historic preservation movement.
Heritage Tourism Is Booming
More than half of U.S. states have established statewide heritage or cultural tourism programs.
City Planning Expert Dunham Dies At 71
Daniel C. Dunham, an architect and expert on city planning, died on Dec. 19 in New York.
Preservationists Lose To Churches
The California Supreme Court decided that religious groups are not bound by local historic preservation laws.
Evidence Of Urban Sprawl In Ancient Maya Ruins
Archaeologists say urban growth patterns observed in ancient Mayan ruins are similar to today's edge cities and urban sprawl.
The City Beneath The City
The new subway line in Athens, Greece, cost the city $1.8 billion but uncovered 10,000 priceless ancient artifacts by creating the largest archeological site in the city's history.
Saving History
The Los Angeles Conservancy's Modern Committee fights to save 1950s "Googie" architecture scorned by traditionalists.
LA's Street Numbering System
Ever wonder how a large city's street numbering works? The LA Times disects LA's massive street grid.
Cities Suffer Amnesia
Sprawl is threatening quality of life, endangering old neighborhoods, and eroding the "collective memory" of our cities, says National Trust for Historic Preservation
The History of California's Varied Regions
State Librarian, Kevin Starr, chronicles the history of California's varied regions.
The Last Piece Of Rural Los Angeles
A 326-acre parcel in the Santa Monica Mountains, a part of the space called the "Big Wild," is being purchased with Proposition 12 funds.
Historic Trust OKs $12 million for 49 Preservation Projects
New Jersey's ambitious preservation effort approves first batch of historic preservation projects.
Green Light for Park Expansion
WWII women shipbuilders in Richmond, CA, Kaiser Shipyards were honored at aceremony on Saturday, October 14, 2000 in a newly created historic parkcommemorating their work.
A New California National Monument
A new National Monument near Palm Springs is being created. But the management will be by BLM and not by the National Park Service.
Elusive Land Deal
Editorial encourages Congress to pass theConservation and Reinvestment Act of 2000, an annual fund created 35years ago that intended to set aside $900 million every year to expandnational parks, preserve historic sites and rebuild urban parks.
CRA In Hot Water In Hollywood
The CRA approved $4 million to keep a Hollywood landmark. But money paid for land for a parking garage has landed them in a city-wide controversy.
Remaking The Erie Canal As A Tourism Magnet
Buffalo, NY will use 'Heritage Development' to capitalize on the famous canal that propelled the city to greatness in the 19th century.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
