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Historic Preservation goes Awry.(Georgetown, Washington)
When Congress passed a historic preservation law for the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., it was explicitly intended to protect handsome buildings erected in the city's "early years"-meaning the late 1700s and early 1800s. That's not quite how it has worked out. Today, a 1930s trash incinerator its towering smokestack are being "historically preserved" as the centerpiece of a hotel, residential, shopping, and entertainment project budgeted at $160 million and counting. The boxy brick incinerator is located near Georgetown's Potomac River waterfront. Beautiful it ain't. Yet the city's historic preservation board has categorized the incinerator and its smokestack as ...
- Historic preservation _ Las Vegas style.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) December 27, 2006 700+ words
...Lisa Anderson LAS VEGAS _ New York City has Grand Central Terminal. Boston has Faneuil Hall. Chicago has...might seem like a questionable candidate for historic preservation. But, by year-end, if all goes according...
- Historic preservation -- Las Vegas style: A masterpiece of motel architecture...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) December 21, 2006 700+ words
...Lisa Anderson Dec. 21--LAS VEGAS -- New York City has Grand Central Terminal. Boston has Faneuil Hall. Chicago has the Carson...Jetsons--might seem like a questionable candidate for historic preservation. But, by year's end, if all goes according to plan...
- Red tape stymies historic preservation effort. (Los Angeles)
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal MacNeil, V. March 5, 1990 700+ words
Red tape stymies historic preservation effort When Cliff Ratkovich began work on the historic Chapman...of pedestrian activity it inspired. Now Yellin has bought Grand Central Market and plans to use it as a catalyst to revitalize the...
- WASA marks 100th year in New York City at Grand Central terminal that it...
- Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly October 15, 2003 700+ words
...design competition for Grand Central Terminal--a Beaux...design competition for Grand Central Terminal, the architects...engineering and historic preservation firms. And in 2003...party at Metrazur in Grand Central Terminal on September...
- Historic preservation in Southeast Asia: the role of public-private...
- Magazine article from: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Stough, Patrick May 1, 2006 700+ words
...can run counter to the goals of historic preservation. In this Note, the Author looks...rights, urban development, and historic preservation in four Southeast Asian countries...balance the competing goals of historic preservation, globalization, and economic...
- Painting the town red, but only red! How historic preservation ordinances...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society Binetti, Timothy L. January 1, 2005 700+ words
...apply for a permit from the local historic preservation commission. The artist thinks...consulting an attorney, she learns that historic preservation ordinances enjoy broad legal support...potentially tumultuous entanglement of historic preservation and artistic freedom. I begin...
- Profiting from the Past: The Economic Impact of Historic Preservation in...
- Magazine article from: Government Finance Review Leithe, Joni Tigue, Patricia April 1, 2000 700+ words
...preserving an area's culture, historic preservation can be an economic powerhouse for...sprawl and environmental harm. Historic preservation offers communities an alternative...developments. The role played by historic preservation programs in Georgia--promoting...
- Historic preservation.
- Newspaper article from: National Forum Sweeten. Lena June 22, 1997 700+ words
...for graduate study in historic preservation. To summarize my perception...to demonstrate that historic preservation is not just about saving...service. Indeed, historic preservation can touch most aspects...
