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Back Issues
October 2009: Volume 3, Issue 3 |
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In this issue of Columns, we discuss the American Clean Energy and Security Act and its relationship to historic preservation, we highlight the preservation success of historic shutters on a Baltimore rowhouse, and we tour The Breakers - the historic Vanderbilt mansion in Newport, R.I. In Trust News, we promote the Open House New York Weekend and the three tours that the Trust for Architectural Easements is sponsoring and leading. Finally, in the Historic Architecture Guide, we explore the Beaux-Arts style. |
June 2009: Volume 3, Issue 2 |
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In this issue of Columns, we discuss the green rehabilitation of the old American Locomotive Works, near Providence, RI, for a mixed-use development - part of the LEED-ND (Leaderhsip in Energy and Environmental design - Neighborhood Development) Pilot Program. We shine the Historic Buildings Spotlight on the newly restored Slade's Spice Mill in Revere, MA. In Trust News, we highlight the Trust's Historic Preservation and Sustainability Panel Series in New York City and Boston. Finally, in the Historic Architecture Guide, we explore Shingle Style using one of its most beautiful and well-preserved examples, the Isaac Bell House in Newport, RI. |
February 2009: Volume 3, Issue 1 |
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In this issue of Columns, we submit a letter to President Obama where we suggest that historic preservation may offer solutions to the economic recession and environmental instability. We also profile the Austin, Nichols & Co. Warehouse on Brooklyn's Industrial Waterfront. A preservation easement was placed on the building and donated to the Trust in 2008, thereby preserving the building in perpetuity. In honor of President's Day, the Architectural Ambler takes us on a stroll through "Old Town" Alexandria, Virginia. Finally, don't miss our new section that is a guide to historic architectural styles. In this issue, we discuss the American Georgian and American Federal styles. |
October 2008: Volume 2, Issue 3 |
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| In this issue of Columns, we profile a c. 1710 farmhouse in Stow, Massachusetts, that is protected by a historic preservation easement held by the Trust. We discuss the preservation success of Harlem's Mount Morris Ascension Church, show how we can get children excited about architecture, and we follow the Architectural Ambler on a tour of Baltimore's Mount Vernon Cultural District. Don't miss our tips on how to improve the energy efficiency of your historic home! |
June 2008: Volume 2, Issue 2 |
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| In this issue of Columns, we shine the spotlight on New York City's last horse auction mart, discuss historic window repair with Alison Hardy, the owner of The Window Woman of New England, and describe the experiences of our Trust staff who volunteered with Camp Hope, working on a house in St. Roch, New Orleans. Also, don't miss the Architectural Ambler's walk through Brooklyn's historic Park Slope neighborhood! |
February 2008: Volume 2, Issue 1 |
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In this issue of Columns, we focus on architectural historians and the broad roles they play with regard to historic preservation. We interviewed architectural historians and preservationists in different fields - historic landmarks commissioners, independent researchers, and state historic preservation officers. One of our interviewees even provided us with an abridged insider's tour of Art Deco New York, highlighting some of the City's great buildings of that era. |
September 2007: Volume 1, Issue 2 |
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In this issue of Columns, we revisit what it means to be historic in Boston's Beacon Hill district. We also discuss slate roof repair and maintenance; did you know that slate roofs can last between 60 and 200 years? The rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street is one of New York City's smallest National Register Historic Districts. We profile it in this issue. Finally, take a stroll through Beacon Hill in the Architectural Ambler. |
July 2007: Volume 1, Issue 1 |
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In this debut issue of Columns, we discuss Green Building and Historic Preservation, the Preservation Success at Chicago's Historic Mather Tower, the Declaration of Wall Street as a National Register Historic District, and we take a walking tour of Washington, D.C.'s National Mall in the Architectural Ambler. |