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October 3, 2012
Public/Private Partnership Brings New Hope to the Jay Estate
Rye, New York

A newly announced public/private partnership will manage the restoration and long-term care of the landmark property.

August 28, 2012
Green Acres Saved
Trenton, New Jersey

In August 2012, the State of New Jersey reversed its decision to demolish Green Acres, a site-specific installation by artist Athena Tacha.

July 6, 2012
Green Acres Under Threat of Destruction
Trenton, New Jersey

In August, New Jersey State intends to demolish a significant site-specific sculpture by artist Athena Tacha.

September 12, 2011
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden on the Road to Restoration
Santa Barbara, California

Since a change in leadership, the organization has worked to ensure preservation of the historic design.

September 20, 2010
La Laguna Playground Under Rehabilitation
San Gabriel, California

La Laguna Playground is enjoying some long over due rehabilitation this year. In 2009, the whimsical 1960s playground created by master concrete artist Benjamin Dominguez was placed on the California Register of Historic Places.

July 22, 2010
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.

June 9, 2010
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.

April 8, 2010
La Laguna Playground Threatened by Renovation
San Gabriel, California

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

February 5, 2010
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.

October 16, 2009
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.