Historic Preservation

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (278+ words) The Victorian Greens say Labor has brought international shame on Victoria after the United Nations warned its plan to demolish and privatise all 44 of Melbourne's public housing towers could violate the human right to housing. The Greens say the extraordinary…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (61+ words) Village Preservation When asked why the Department wasn’t planning to repair and reopen the belovedlandmarked center with recreational facilities — as the community and itsrepresentatives have long called for — and simply locating additional and expandedrecreational facilities in the new building across…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (612+ words) A row of garages could be demolished as part of plans by a Devon council to bolster its social housing stock with a new development of a dozen homes. Plans for 12 affordable properties will be debated by Mid Devon District…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (235+ words) An unusual home in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, is being demolished. Back in 2022, WLKY did a story on Jonathan Cooper. He fortified his house on 5th Avenue with sandbags and covered the grass in plastic. There were fishing lines strewn across the yard,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (600+ words) Conceptual plans for a new big building on the corner of Millward and Pearl in downtown Jackson call for an automated parking system. JACKSON — Third stories have been all the rage in newer buildings in downtown Jackson. Town councilors don’t…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (189+ words) The recent transformation of the Roy Chambers Homestead on Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park into staff housing is a shining example of preserving and restoring worthy historic buildings. The circa-1911 house withstood generations of harsh winters before receiving…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (333+ words) CTV News A piece of Essex history received some well-deserved recognition Monday morning A plaque now sits in front of the ‘Essex House’ at 78 Fox Street, the oldest standing home in the Essex Centre, belonging to Laurie Kowtiuk â…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (755+ words) The new owners of a historic residence on the Gig Harbor waterfront are proposing to tear it down and replace it with a new home, according to records in the Gig Harbor permit portal. In March, Aaron and Kristine Yetter,…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (12+ words) (Video) Tacoma News Tribune...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (183+ words) Some residents of Coopers Pen in Trelawny are demanding justice and assistance from the Government, two weeks after their homes were demolished. The residents gathered from as early as 5 o’clock this morning, dressed in white and holding placards while calling…...