Preservationists

Source: msn.foxsports.com --- 37 days ago
What remains of Tiger Stadium will remain standing at least until March 1 while Preservationists raise money to renovate the stadium and reopen it as a recreational and educational complex. The Detroit Economic Growth Corp. says the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy presented it with a $69,000 check Friday and provided proof of a $150,000 escrow account. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 20 days ago
A fortress-like church is at the center of a dispute between D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and historic Preservationists, who contend that the mayor is exerting undue political muscle to help congregants demolish their landmark sanctuary. ...

Source: www.latimes.com --- 17 days ago
1939 renovation eliminated much of the architect's design, as well as the building's historical significance, city council finds. The site was damaged in an April fire that remains unsolved. Preservationists hoping to save the facade of a Richard Neutra-designed building at Hollywood's most famous corner have been told they are 70 years too late to stop demolition. ...

Source: buffalo.bizjournals.com --- 41 days ago
The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. unanimously approved a demolition contract for Memorial Auditorium, but not without questions about a demand from the Buffalo Preservation Board, which want significant portions of the building’s main facade saved. ...

Source: www.chron.com --- 34 days ago
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Source: www.freep.com --- 41 days ago
Tiger Stadium received another reprieve today from full demolition as the Detroit City Council again voted against full demolition of Tiger Stadium. ...

Source: www.freep.com --- 47 days ago
Tiger Stadium Preservationists have until Tuesday to come up with a total of $219,000 to keep their effort to save a dugout-to-dugout portion of the stadium from demolition, a Detroit City Council committee decided today. ...

Source: www.freep.com --- 40 days ago
Tiger Stadium received another reprieve today from full demolition as the Detroit City Council again voted against full demolition of Tiger Stadium. ...

Source: www.omaha.com --- 39 days ago
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Source: www.buffalonews.com --- 8 days ago
NEW YORK -- A group of New Yorkers is fighting to save Tin Pan Alley, the half-dozen row houses where iconic American songs were born. ...

Source: www.wayneindependent.com --- 3 hours ago
The historic steel truss bridge spanning Wangum Falls in Paupack Township, has been listed by a private, statewide preservation group as being at risk of being lost. The 105-year old bridge is scheduled to be replaced by PennDOT, within the next four years. Township Road 367, Wangum Road, crosses the bridge about 25 feet over the very scenic Middle Creek, where the waters tumble over rocks in a forested glen, on private property. On Monday, Preservation Pennsylvania, based in Harrisburg, issued a list of endangered historic resources they are highlighting this year. The state’s shrinking number of metal truss bridges topped the list, including the Wangum Falls span. Wangum Falls is about four miles northwest of Hawley, on Wangum Road off the Owego Turnpike. It was built in 1903 and is held together by rivets, which Horn stated was significant in terms of Pennsylvania’s industrial legacy. This was about the time that steel truss bridges were being constructed with rivets rather than pins, a technological advancement. The span is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, she said. Between 1850 and 1885, loaded coal cars would cross the Middle Creek at this point, on the way to the waiting D&H canal boats at Hawley. Wangum Road is the old rail bed for the Pennsylvania Coal Company Gravity Railroad. A report issued by the Pa. Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (DCNR) brings attention to the geologic monoclin ...

Source: www.artsjournal.com --- 27 days ago
"Members of historic preservation groups held a demonstration and news conference at noon Monday in front of the Provincetown Playhouse and Apartments, calling on New York University or the city to halt a plan that would demolish most of building while preserving the facade and the walls of the historic theater within it."... ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 27 days ago
TULSA, OK -- Prominent Preservationists from across the country are spending the week in Green Country. Tulsa is hosting the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Annual Conference. The prese... ...

Source: www.therealdeal.net --- 39 days ago
Preservation group Landmark West is calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate a new historic district on the Upper West Side, including all of West End Avenue between 70th and 107th streets. The group said developers have been seizing individual rowhouses along the avenue, demolishing them and replacing them with glass apartment buildings. The Upper West Side is already home to seven historic districts. ...

Source: www.sportspyder.com --- 47 days ago
... effort suffered a major setback when S. Gary Spicer, the attorney for former Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell, whose foundation has raised $500,000 toward the p ... ...

Source: www.wzzm13.com --- 40 days ago
UPDATE: Corner Preservationists again given more time ...

Source: www.newschannel5.com --- 47 days ago
The state recently decided to allow a preservation group to stabilize and save the building built by World War I hero Sgt. Alvin York. On Wednesday, engineers said that despite concerns that the building was in danger of collapsing, it will not happen. ...

Source: metromodemedia.com --- 1 day ago
A common theory about revitalizing downtowns is that they need a major draw to bring people back. Historic structures, density and unique businesses are all key aspects of a vibrant core but without a concert hall or marque business it's hard to engage visitors. Leslie Lynch-Wilson thinks the same thing for downtown Lincoln Park. The local resident sees preserving and refurbishing the Park Theatre as key to rebuilding the suburban downtown in Downriver. She points out how Birmingham, Royal Oak, Farmington and Ann Arbor have preserved their historic downtown theaters and turned them into destination venues. Sometimes they still show movies and sometimes they turn into venues for live performances. "This could be a showcase for Lincoln Park," Lynch-Wilson says. She and a group of local residents are part of the Lincoln Park Preservation Alliance to help accomplish this. The theater, long a palace for pornography before recently closing, is in danger of being razed so it can be replaced by a mixed-use development from Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency. Lynch-Wilson doesn't have a problem with the development, just its placement. She is also worried the downtown will struggle and storefronts remain empty without a building that serves as a destination. "We need some sort of draw there," Lynch-Wilson says. "To build this sort of mixed-use building you need some sort of draw to attract people." Creating that might not be the easies ...

Source: blog.scarecrow.com --- 8 days ago
Hello goodly Scarecrow friends. Since you care about us, I know that you care about the history and continuing access to film of all kinds. It’s why Scarecrow was started, why it continues (thanks to your support), and what bonds us with other lovers of film like the Grand Illusion, Northwest Film Forum, SIFF, etc. [...] ...

Source: www.iht.com --- 20 hours ago
Local Preservationists are completing restorations on some of the most important landmarks in Buffalo, New York, while the federal government is considering a plan that could wipe out part of a historic neighborhood. ...