World's First Dual LEED Platinum Building

There's an interesting story to the green building certification of the historic Mutual Building in Lansing, Michigan ... historic tax application services for the project. From SmithGroup: Exterior restoration included analysis and rebuilding of deteriorated limestone and brick masonry; restoration of wood double [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 03:02:32

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I Meant to Take Pictures Inside The Merc. But, Really, That View is Amazing.

A view of the new Mercantile complex, The Element, taken from the original historic building The Mercantile Place on Main's been open since March, ... properties bracketing the historic building Back when Unfair Park HQ'd on Commerce Street, we used to marvel at how expansive and historic a building had become, more or less, downtown's biggest [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 06:29:04

Building regulations (including historic preservation), religious freedom, and local and federal laws

Brutalist’ style: Members hope to replace this modernist building near the White House with a more welcoming church ... can be made, allowing for the demolition of historic buildings and their replacement. It's rare ... regulations.Today's Christian Science Monitor has a story, "'Historic' building versus religious rights [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:37:00

From Graffiti Canvas To Apartment Campus: PHSH Breaking Ground

In 2004 Forest City Development was awarded the Presidio’s Public Health Service Hospital project to redevelop the long abandoned and graffiti filled building into apartments. The non-historic wings of Building 1801 will be removed together with other non-historic buildings... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 15:54:51

Columbia wants to demolish historic buildings

From HDC:Three buildings slated for demolition by Columbia University have been deemed historically significant by New York State’s Historic Preservation Office. As a result of an application submitted by Assembly Member Daniel O’Donnell, the state’s preservation office has determined that a group of residential buildings on West 115th [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 05:21:00

Mansion safe

There is growing confidence that the threat of demolition has been lifted from one of Newport’s finest Houses ... Council. Their LibDems coalition partners have shown some appreciation for the great Newport buildings ... . At my request a Historic Building Inspector from Cadw has now visited the property and a full internal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:41:22

Boston’s Biggest Mansion

(Photo courtesy Boston Globe) Who says you have to move to the suburbs if you want a spacious home? ... equity firm, is actually combining two historic buildings to create a single-family structure ... who are moving back to the city, and choosing to preserve historical buildings by making expensive [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 18:18:17

Inauguration Day

Last night I covered an event at the State Historical Building which featured a huge, boisterous, joyful crowd ... . "And tomorrow there's going to be a miracle in the White House." Organizers of the event planned to play ... at the Historical Building laughed. Video clips of King's speeches followed, the "I've been to the mountain top [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:34:16

Saving Oklahoma's Prairie Cathedral

Driving along Highway 177 in north-central Oklahoma, your eyes wander across seemingly endless stretches of open prairie and sky ... s BARN AGAIN! program, which promotes the use of historic barns and agricultural buildings in modern ... the historic site, Bret A. Carter and members of Preservation Oklahoma teamed up to, in Carter’s words, act [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 13:57:19

Leapfrogging in Reverse

We've often written about the concept of leapfrogging to describe what happens when a non-industrialized country surpasses old, ... in the last twenty years have learned passive-solar design tricks from pre-industrial buildings, both historic ones in their own countries and contemporary buildings in non-industrial societies. (For [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 21:08:52

Art Blogging: Brutalism

Brutalism was an architectural movement that was popular in the 1950s through the 1970s ... buildings are made. Brutalism completely rejected the classical norms of beautification ... it down to build a new building. However, historic preservationists want to force the Christian Scientists [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 23:40:00

Adding another dimension to your city

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 2:15 PM Your downtown is so much more than an address listing of the businesses in it ... , all at once? What if you could plan a walking tour of all the historic buildings downtown ... has a Photorealistic 3D Buildings layer that you can use to host 3D models of the buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 21:15:00

Travelling to New Zealand

We interrupt this blog to bring you a notice that I will not be posting for about three weeks due to exciting developments on the National Scrabble ... Day 7Dramatic scenery and some of the finest historic buildings in New Zealand, including remarkable ... wooden buildings in the world.Christchurch, New Zealand Day 6New Zealand's "Garden City," featuring [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:25:00

The Morning After: Angel Island Fire

The Angel Island inferno was finally put out late yesterday— but not until it scorched half of the island's 740 acre ... concern though, was for the 120 historic buildings scattered across the island. Preservationists ... buildings dating back to the Civil War and turn-of-the-century "immigration complexes" — including [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 15:45:54

fresh poll from the key state of Ohio. Here are a few other stories making headlines: • USA TODAY -- "Economic angst tops issues in Mass ... historic buildings converted to urban condos and even build a whitewater kayaking course." • [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 12:14:34

Baldeo vs. overdevelopment

OVERDEVELOPMENT IS RUINING OUR NEIGHBORHOODSby Albert BaldeoOverdevelopment has radically altered the traditional appearance and character of our ... construction-this scourge is compounded with our failure to landmark historic buildings. The results ... , McMansions, lack of land marking of historic districts, concreting over lawns, out-of-character [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 05:15:00

In Progress: 290 Mulberry / SHoP Architects

290 Mulberry is defined by its context through a direct response to zoning and building code regulations ... and on the west by the historic Puck Building on Mulberry Street.  A zoning district requirement specifying ... Building, one of New York’s most recognizable masonry buildings.  We then focused the idea [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 19:00:13

It’s Time to “Vote Up” Preservation

For so many reasons, this past presidential election was like nothing we’ve ever seen - online that is ... . Financial tools to improve energy efficiency in buildings must include assistance for owners of historic ... Historic Preservation.” You’ll find a variety of topics related to our mission, including this popular [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:16:36

Gimme A Sign: Because It’s The Christian Thing To Do

It was a little more than a year ago when I reported discovering the sale of U.S. National Register of Historic Places Building No. 87000576, more locally designated as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 57, which ... of just staying locked up and lonely. But what’s got my ingrained respect for this city’s historic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:52:08

New Nabe Alert: Upper Tenderloin Historic District

28July08_LOIN.jpg Enter the Uptown Tenderloin Historic District, ... offered to those who conserve crumbling buildings in sanctioned historic areas will encourage owners ... to the National Register of Historic Places within 45 days. The district runs from McAllister, to Mason [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 18:00:05

Keep Houston Houston

It's late tonight, and I've been wanting to pass this along for a while: a really insightful little blog post on what makes Houston great, ... rail networks. And there’s a lot of good changes to push for, like preserving our most historic buildings, adding and improving the park system, increasing roadway capacity, building a coherent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:07:00

New Orleans City Council puzzles over demolition process

New Orleans City Council puzzles over demolition process by David Hammer, The Times-Picayune Thursday October 02, 2008, 11: ... to conclude that the issue -- involving still-standing buildings that have long been deemed dangerous, and historic buildings some say were razed prematurely -- didn't lend itself to a quick [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 05:11:07

San Francisco Forever: Supes Favor Historic Preservation Commission

Yes, the Board of Supervisors did ban the sale of tobacco in pharmacies— that highly-controversial mandate passed at last ... on the November ballot that will create a Historic Preservation Commission. If voted into power— and judging ... historical buildings, landmarks, and neighborhoods at will, "saving" all from harm (and repair [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 17:27:19

My Historic Washington: Lafayette Square

We’ve all heard the expression, “If only walls could talk.” But I would like to ask, what about town squares? ... people who have met on the benches here and of the historic buildings that surrounded them ... . As you probably know from the news, this historic hotel has been one of two temporary homes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:13:05

Romantic Getaways for Valentine’s Day

Previously on Triphow, you saw reviews of America’s sexiest hotel (Korakia Pensione, Palm Springs, CA)  and the best hotels for secret affairs ( ... getaway resort - splendid views, rooms in historic buildings lined along the edge of a rolling green ... and historic hotels in Carmel, CA, and The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay is a very well known getaway. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 11:27:12

JAPANESE-AMERICAN WARTIME EXPERIENCE COMMEMORATED AT SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDIO NOVEMBER 22

“Return and Remembrance” Recalls Little-Known Heroes of World War II and Building Where History Was Made Presidio of San Francisco ( ... the recollections of a language school veteran, learn about plans to transform the warehouse into an Historic ... a Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Historic Learning Center at Building 640. “We’re constantly [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 03:34:35

Can Suburbs Be Recycled After Burst?

Allison Arieff of the New York Times has an interesting story about what to do with our new Depression-era 21st century suburbs ... and suggests the need for planners to think creatively about adaptive reuse not of historic buildings, but of strip malls and residential communities. Retrofitting for greener buildings is a help. Turning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:18:48

City Plan Commission January 6th, 2009 Meeting Notes

This meeting had few files acted on but Marquette University’s request for a change in zoning of a variety of university owned properties shows ... in zoning could possibly be considered of historic value, to which representatives of Marquette University indicated that none of the buildings were of historic significance.  This file was approved [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:13:36

It no longer matters whether you believe global warming is caused by man, or "just God hugging us closer ... the Bund? The dyke along Shanghai's riverfront Bund, which protects a mile of historic granite buildings ... across the urban landscape. There are about 10,000 buildings with more than 10 floors in Shanghai [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 04:27:22

Largest Cobblestone House in North America Up For Sale

Note: Western New York is dotted with nearly 700 cobblestone buildings ... s Historic Buildings” and you can learn their history as well as enjoy their artistry.Largest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:05:59

Blogger Becomes Grundy County Republican Chairman

Iva Russell thanks the academy: “I am very honored to be serving as county chairman this term, especially with such an accomplished leadership team. Due to the efforts of so many conservatives across the state, we now have an historic opportunity to build our party locally due to the shifting power structure in state politics and the historic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:12:56

Medieval monastery window found at hotel

Medieval monastery window found at hotel CHRIS CUTMORE10 January 2009Evening HeraldA medieval monastery window about 600 years old has been ... with fully glazed external walls, giving views of a number of important and historic buildings that surround it. The discovery of this very attractive and historic window opening is a real bonus [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:24:00

Preservation Leadership Training: Birmingham, Alabama

“…I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states ... of the Center for Preservation Leadership for the National Trust for Historic Preservation welcomed 35 ... has an enormous collection of historical buildings built between 1890s and 1930. Take a look at Temple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:11:36

whereabouts...

Here I am....back from a little get-a-way with my husband to beautiful Texas.  We stayed in Fort Worth and fell in love with it.  So many beautiful historic buildings and sites....lots of delicious restaurants...and big beefy ribs for my boy :)  I was able to see my new nephew and hold him for just a bit...what a dolly [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 02:51:49

How to Spend $825 billion?

The Democrats on the Appropriations committee have released their plan to stimulate the economy by playing the combined roles of wet nurse and ... improvements to visitor facilities, road and trail restoration, preservation of buildings of cultural and historic importance, rehabilitation of abandoned mines and oil fields, and environmental cleanup [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:48:00

Support Legislation for Historic Zoning in Pawtuxet

This message comes from the Pawtuxet Village Association via school committee member Steve Stycos: Dear Friends and Neighbors: ... and architectural features. At present, historic buildings dating back to the Colonial period are exposed ... a proposed ordinance establishing a HISTORIC OVERLAY ZONE for the Pawtuxet Village National Historic District [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:26:10

Fillmore Place, Revisited

Shortly after writing this post I received an email from my buddy over at Brooklyn11211 ... speak louder than words. Especially when one lives in an area where a number of noteworthy buildings ... Historic District: Fillmore Place Starts Landmarking Process Click on the above link and see [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 05:09:41

Inviting Edinburgh Hotels

Widely regarded as one of Europe’s most beautiful capitals, Edinburgh never ceases to astound the visitor with its beauty ... . 4 Princes Street 0131 222 888 Roxburghe As one of the flagship architectural buildings surrounding ... historic facade. Rooms include luxury suite bathrooms, flat screen TV, desk, ironing board, coffee/tea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:36:34

Scott Waterman

Scott Waterman is an artist, a talented decorative painter and I'd like to add an incredible interior designer once I saw photos of his home. His decorative painting began with trompe l'oeil murals and the restoration of historic buildings. Amazing talent (click for larger images)... His former home in San Francisco was featured [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 12:59:00

Popup Cultural Installation Takes Over London A Street

Opening tomorrow (July 4th) on Montague Place behind the British Museum in London is a new temporary cultural space designed by Carmody Groarke ... on a meandering journey exposing them to new views of the architectural details on the surrounding historic buildings. Over the next three days, Sky Walk will serve as a backdrop for performances [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 12:39:07

New England town struggles to preserve fishing (AP)

GLOUCESTER, Mass. – When Arthur would probably be of little Sawyer was a teenager, fishing interest to tourists ... fishing last year with restoration money of Sawyer's youth will probably set aside by natural gas companies never return to this historic, building terminals in nearby centuries-old New England port [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:02:42

Welcome to Washington! Visitors Center Opens Late & Hugely Over Budget

ABC's Tom Shine from Washington, DC: I hope Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can find the time to give the auto execs a tour of the new 621 million ... ." Phillip Kennicott, writing in the same paper this morning calls "it is a historic and aesthetic ... buildings." While House and Senate leaders congratulate each other over a project that is hundreds [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 14:58:30

I can see you...

Via Iain Dale I have been reminded of this amazing collection of London aerial photos by Jason Hawkes. I think I may have linked to it before ... is a very pretty city, in parts. There are some excellent vistas, historic buildings and brightly-lit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:59:00

CCSF Chinatown Gets Green Light! (Sort Of, For Now)

Smack down! CCSF's Chinatown high-rise has emerged (temporarily) ... campus built. But it's not -- after clearing hurdles over building height and sensitivity to its historic ... out— it'll house 42 classrooms and labs across two buildings: a 14-story on Kearny and Washington [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 16:18:56

Ionia Michigan

The Grand River winds its way through Ionia County. It has been an important waterway throughout history ... Courthouse The city of Ionia is full of beautiful historical buildings. Stately Victorian homes line ... the Grand River Valley. One of my favorite homes is the spectacular Mission Style home built for Governor [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:13:23

In Downtown, There's a Bunch of Empty History Waiting to Be Developed

View Larger Map Speaking of downtown development, ... of note: Several buildings on the list are within the Harwood Street Historic District and the West ... -producing certified historic structures such as commercial, industrial, or rental residential buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 02:26:20

Condo-mania In Downtown Austin

Mr. Twist and I spent six months in Austin in the mid-1980s while he was a student at UT ... by towering buildings, many of which are condominiums. There are those that claim that there is demand ... require the demolition of the historic state capital building. To placate Austin preservationist groups [more...]

Date: 2008-06-14 07:01:31

Downturn Pounds Commercial Real Estate

And despite the tone of this article, some people believe it will be worse than the residential crash: Contractors, ... the early 1990s, when the industry built a small city’s worth of speculative office buildings that later ... reeling from a historic housing depression. “This is a rolling problem that’s only going [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:04:37

More Legal Drama For CCSF Chinatown Campus

City College of San Francisco can't catch a break when it comes to their planned Chinatown campus ... . Then, the windows on the smaller of the two proposed buildings weren't deep enough, or something ... will result in the demise of The Drexler-Colombo Building, a crumbling historic structure included [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 15:58:58

Porking The Economy

The more I learn about this “economic stimulus package”—and I think the quotation marks are needed—the more disgusted I get ... on it, and calling it a stimulus package. Here’s some of the things in it: $3.836 billion for rural water ... and trail restoration, preservation of buildings of cultural and historic importance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:08:57

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