The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Announces its 2007 List of State's 10 'Places in Peril'.
ATLANTA, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation released today its 2007 list of 10 Places in Peril in the state. Sites on the list include: Cherokee structures in North Georgia; the City Auditorium in Waycross; the Gilmer County Courthouse; the Wren's Nest and...

Neighborhood stands divided.
Byline: SUSAN PALMER The Register-Guard MAKING THE SOUTH University Neighborhood a historic district was intended to bring neighbors together. Instead, it's pulling the community apart. More than 80 neighbors have signed a last-minute petition against a three-year effort to put about 450 homes and other...

A culture in ruins: across the nation, thousand of historic sites and objects are succumbing to inadequate fund and misplaced priorities.
Across the nation, thousands of historic sites and objects are succumbing to inadequate funding and misplaced priorities. Two enterprising initiatives aim to remedy the situation. It is not news that our great natural parks such as Yellowstone and Yosemite are in trouble. They face a barrage of well-documented...

Needed: Rx for historic trees.
Strolling the cobblestone streets of historic Savannah, Georgia, an observer is immediately struck by the size of the trees that shade the way Giant live oaks draped with Spanish moss create deep shadows fringed by flowering dogwoods, azaleas, and crapemyrtles. The effect is a fragrant, cool respite from the...

Nowhere.
FROM Paris to Mexico to Havana, to Singapore, to Bangkok and Sydney, urban regeneration is one of the most challenging tasks of our epoch. In the cities mentioned above, the wrecker's ball has been put to rest as medieval towns, colonial churches and palaces, vestiges of trade and commerce...

Historic district proposal pits neighbor vs. neighbor.
Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard Solomon himself would have been perplexed by this one. Neighbors in the south university area love their community so much they've gone to war over it. One faction thinks the area is so attractive and steeped in local history that...

Mount Vernon, Holbrook Chapel placed on Historic Register.
Byline: Michael Kane WEST BOYLSTON - Mount Vernon Cemetery and the Holbrook Chapel have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Bicentennial Committee announced Thursday. The National Register of Historic Places is an official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation which...

A passion for preservation: a special breed of citizens works tirelessly to save tangible pieces of history.
Growing up in Mississippi you visit all of these family homes and old places and cemeteries, and that's Sunday afternoon fun, visiting those places," reflects Ann Simmons of Columbia in explaining her devotion to preservation. Simmons grew up in the little town of Pickens and lived in the historic...

Saving the spirit of our places: a view on our built environment.
INTRODUCTION The places where we work and live have a spirit, a spirit that enlivens our present by reminding us of our past and anticipating our future. The ancients called this spirit the genius loci, a "cluster of associations identified with a place: pervading spirit."(1) It is...

Historic district foes split neighbors.
Byline: EVERETT SMITH For The Register-Guard NEIGHBORHOODS can suffer stress and disappointment, just as people can. For example, almost everywhere today cars and trucks are driving faster on city streets. Speed in the midst of parked cars makes places even more dangerous. Residents near the...