Columbus, Indiana: Different by Design
Welcome to Columbus, Indiana, brought to you by the world's most renowned architects. I.M. Pei, Richard Meier, Eero Saarinen, Harry Weese: the biggest names in modern architecture -- all in the middle...
View ArticleHouston Astrodome: Iconic Stadium Awaits “New Dome Experience”
The Houston Astrodome: The world’s first dome stadium brought the future for professional sports to Houston, Texas. The Houston Astrodome opened in 1965 with an exhibition game: Houston Astros versus...
View ArticleMarcus Books: Oldest African-American Bookstore Fights to Stay Open
Marcus Books: San Franciscans hope landmark designation and city resolution will save the oldest African-American-owned bookstore in the country. “The African-American experience has always been...
View ArticleNot Stopping That United Sound: Highway Threatens Detroit’s Motown Studio
The United Sound System Recording Studios and its long music history may be leveled or be forced to relocate to make way for the I-94. United Sound System: it's where Detroit got its Motown sound. One...
View ArticleNew Farnsworth House Director Maurice Drue Parrish on Experiencing Modernism
Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois Maurice Drue Parrish recently joined as the new director of the Farnsworth House, a National Trust site in Plano, Illinois -- and one of the most iconic expressions...
View ArticleYoung Preservationist Graham Coreil-Allen on Art, Place, and the “Urban Sublime”
Through his project New Public Sites, Coreil-Allen invites participants to experience what he calls the urban sublime: "the aesthetic and profound sense of place in an urban space otherwise so often...
View ArticleYoung Preservationist Daniel Ronan on Why Preservation is the “Triple Bottom...
Daniel Ronan graduated from the University of Oregon Planning and Public Policy program and is now based in Chicago. As a young person in preservation, Daniel Ronan has heard laments of how the field...
View ArticleYoung Preservationist Sara Delgadillo on Why Preservation Needs Diversity
Preservationists from different backgrounds gather for the National Preservation Conference Diversity Scholars program. (L. to r.: Rosalind Sagara, Sara Delgadillo, Manuel Huerta.) Preservation can...
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