Pop Culture Stories

Preservation pops up in the most unexpected places—in films, plays, music videos, books, and more. In these stories below, we spotlight the moments where saving places takes center stage in popular imagination.

Reel Places Atlanta's Swan House: From Historic Home to "Hunger Games" Set
Reel Places The Man Behind "The Monuments Men": David Finley and the Roberts Commission
Reel Places 15 Awesome Preservation-Themed Movies
The National Register Rap: Meet the Minds Behind the Music
Preservation Tips and Tools 14 Essential Preservation Books
Playing with Art: The Isamu Noguchi Playscape
Historic Playgrounds: Seward Park, NYC
How We Came to Play: The History of Playgrounds
Haight-Ashbury's Hippie House: Preserving San Francisco's 1960s Counterculture
Reel Places The Great Gatsby Mansions, Part II: Long Island's Lost Gilded Age Mansions
Reel Places America’s Oldest Drive-in Movie Theater Still Draws a Crowd
Preservation Magazine Mad Men Creator Matthew Weiner on Why Don Draper is a Preservationist

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