At-Risk Landscapes

January 20, 2010
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.

January 8, 2010
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.

November 11, 2009
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.

October 17, 2009
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.

October 16, 2009
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.

October 16, 2009
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.

October 16, 2009
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.

October 16, 2009
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.

October 16, 2009
Hudson, New York

The eminent Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church designed his family home, studio, and estate as an integrated environment embracing architecture, art, and landscape. Unfortunately, benign neglect has taken a major toll on the property's integrity.

October 16, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia

In 1850, the City of Atlanta purchased six acres on the eastern edge of its city limits to serve as a public burial ground for a young, but fast-growing town of 2,500 citizens. While the still-active cemetery now serves as a public park and heritage tourism destination, much work remains to rejuvinate the property.