Recent Updates

San Francisco Continues Funding Sharp Park Golf Course
Pacifica, California

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a $6.5 Billion final 2010-2011 budget that leaves intact funding for Sharp Park Golf Course.

Aug 11 2010 - 21:14
Eckbo-Designed Tucson Convention Center Landscape
Tucson, Arizona

Located in the heart of downtown Tucson, the design includes shallow pools and tree groves, but is now faced with destruction by the city that once commissioned it.

Aug 11 2010 - 20:43
Pacific Science Center Designated a Local Historic Landmark
Seattle, Washington

The Pacific Science Center has been designated as a City of Seattle Landmark, making it one of only two Seattle landmarks to be designated under all six designation criteria.

Jul 22 2010 - 00:00
Palm Cottage Gardens Acquired by Henry Nehrling Society
Gotha, Florida

In 1885, Dr. Henry Nehrling, a botanist and ornithologist from the Midwest, purchased 40 acres in Florida, to develop a garden where he could grow tropical plants year round.

Jul 8 2010 - 18:23
The Jay Property Threatened by Erasure
Rye, New York

A National Historic Landmark landscape and family home of John Jay is deteriorating dramatically with the proliferation of invasive plants and deliberate lack of maintenance.

Jun 9 2010 - 22:16
Heritage Park Plaza Added to National Register of Historic Places
Fort Worth, Texas

Heritage Park Plaza in Fort Worth, a seminal work of landscape architecture by Presidential Medal of Arts winner Lawrence Halprin, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

May 15 2010 - 12:46
Venturi, Scott Brown's Franklin Court Threatened
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Designed by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates as a museum and memorial to Benjamin Franklin, the site is threatened by renovation plans.

May 12 2010 - 13:46
La Laguna Playground Threatened by Renovation
San Gabriel, California

In 1965, La Laguna playground of the life-size, concrete play-sculptures opened to 1,500 eager children.

Apr 8 2010 - 21:08
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 2010 - 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