Recent Updates

Halprin's Park Central Square added to the National Register
Springfield, Missouri

The Missouri square is the first work by Lawrence Halprin to be added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Feb 5 2012 - 01:00
Preservation NJ nominates Bell Labs to America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
Holmdel, New Jersey

Preservation New Jersey (PNJ) has submitted a nomination of the iconic Bell Labs building and its landscape to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2010 America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list.

Jan 20 2010 - 01:00
The Italian Garden at Queset
North Easton, Massachusetts

Abandoned for generations, this ruined garden is a silent testament to Edwardian era bon vivants and the Golden Age of American gardens.

Jan 8 2010 - 15:35
San Francisco Parks Committee Supports Golf Course at Sharp Park
Pacifica, California

San Francisco Park, Rec, and Open Space Advisory Committee Voted to Support 18-Hole Golf Course at Sharp Park.

Dec 1 2009 - 01:00
Route 66 Threatened by Proposed Biodiesel Facility
Chicago, Illinois

Running more than 2,000 miles, between Chicago and Los Angeles, historic Route 66 attracts tourists and car enthusiasts from all over the world.

Nov 11 2009 - 13:40
Washington Park
Chicago, Illinois

Washington Park, one of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.’s great “country parks,” was recently threatened by a proposed 80,000-seat stadium that would have obliterated nearly half the park. While the threat has passed, it served as a warning about the fragility of parks, gardens, and open space.

Oct 17 2009 - 10:03
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara, California

One of the first botanic gardens in America to be planted solely with native plants, proposed changes to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s historic core now threaten to irreversibly destroy this design legacy.

Oct 16 2009 - 18:56
Riverside Cemetery
Denver, Colorado

Listed as a National Register Historic District in 1992, Riverside Cemetery, partly in the City and County of Denver and partly in Adams County, is in a state of rapid decline.

Oct 16 2009 - 18:49
Richardson Olmsted Complex
Buffalo, New York

The Richardson Olmsted Complex, completed in 1895 as the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, ended operaations in the 1970s, however, supporters now hope to revitalize the site.

Oct 16 2009 - 18:43
Overton Park
Memphis, Tennessee

Considered the crown jewel of Memphis’ park system, Overton Park was designed in 1901 by George E. Kessler. Today the integrity of this National Register property is at risk due to ongoing expansion plans of institutions within the park.

Oct 16 2009 - 18:38