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August 11, 2010

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.

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.

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.

December 1, 2009

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.

September 29, 2009

Orson Adams House Rehabilitated

Harrisburg, Utah

The Bureau of Landmanagement has recently rehabilitated the mid-19^th century Mormon pioneer residence, the Orson Adams House, for adaptive re-use. This small sandstone masonry house was built in 1863 for the Orson B. Adams family, in the now abandoned Mormon agricultural settlement of Harrisburg.

July 10, 2009

Sharp Park Golf Course Threatened with Closure

Pacifica, California

Designed by the legendary golf course architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie, Sharp Park Golf Course faces potential closure due to pressure from environmental activists and San Francisco city officials.

April 16, 2009

Documenting Halprin's Charlottesville Mall

Charlottesville, Virginia

University of Virginia (UVA) students and faculty in Architectural History and Landscape Architecture started site documentation of and research on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall in the Fall 2008 semester.

January 15, 2009

Plans to Redesign Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Grounds Halted

St. Louis, Missouri

The Danforth Foundation, the St. Louis philanthropic organization interested in building a new “world-class” attraction on the grounds of the Dan Kilye-designed landscape at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, has announced that it will step back efforts to fast-track their plans.