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A Tissue for Your Favorite Demolished Building
May 13, 2019

Artist Kurt Treeby’s small tissue-box replicas of threatened and razed modern architecture mix cuteness with contemplation and mourning.
Preservation Magazine One Family's DIY Approach to Converting a Warehouse Into a Buzzing Coffee Shop
May 1, 2019
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Preserving the Legacy of Black Baseball in Detroit’s Hamtramck Stadium
April 30, 2019

An effort to restore one of the last remaining Negro League ballparks uncovers a hidden history of America’s pastime.
Why Marcel Breuer's Brutalism Lives on in Atlanta
April 23, 2019

Despite changes in architectural fashion and a debate over its future, the Brutalist Atlanta-Fulton Central Library will live on.
No, Washington Is Not Built on a Swamp
April 10, 2019

It’s time to retire an old metaphor that has no basis in D.C.’s history.
Preservation Leadership Forum Proposed Rule Changes to National Register of Historic Places Nominations
April 5, 2019
Modern Architecture This Architectural Historian Wants You to Respect Queens
April 4, 2019

It’s time to look beyond Manhattan, according to architectural historian Frampton Tolbert. His new project documents the overlooked postwar buildings of Queens.
Preserve Route 66 Photo Essay: Waiting for Route 66
March 19, 2019
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Capturing Black Bottom, a Detroit Neighborhood Lost to Urban Renewal
February 27, 2019

“Black Bottom Street View,” now exhibiting at the Detroit Public Library, thoughtfully displays old images of the historic African American neighborhood in its final days.
Preserve Route 66 Photo Essay: Refuel With Old-School Americana
February 26, 2019
Green Book Sites Travelguide: Vacation and Recreation Without Humiliation
February 18, 2019
Preserve Route 66 Photo Essay: Take a Trip Down Route 66
February 13, 2019

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