Map: A tour of the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake
April 18, 2017
Step back 111 years to the day and to San Francisco's darkest hour.
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Preservation Points
From Around the Web: Preservation, Art, Architecture, and History.
Remembering earthquake shacks, San Francisco’s original tiny homes
April 18, 2017
A magnitude-7.8 quake hit at 5:12 a.m. on this day 111 years ago, resulting in immediate need for housing.
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Learn the Secret History of Your State With These Addictive Podcasts
April 18, 2017
Use this indispensable guide to find out which podcast will be next on your listen list.
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Removal of a rare Roman mosaic in southern France enflames local conservation groups
April 17, 2017
The 2,000-year-old work will be restored in Nimes and go back on display in Uzès, local authorities insist.
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Stereograph cards from mid-1800s San Francisco show landmarks that no longer exist
April 14, 2017
"He documented many of the well known sites in SF that don't exist any more or have been completely transformed."
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New Delhi’s Modernist Icons Are Under Threat
April 14, 2017
The Rewals say their case is about far more than preserving family memories. It’s about preserving modern heritage.
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Michelangelo-designed frame reimagined by National Gallery
April 6, 2017
A mix of old and new elements gives greater depth to Sebastiano del Piombo’s The Raising of Lazarus.
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Banksy work cleared from vacant site and restored for public display
April 4, 2017
Toronto developer’s intervention raises questions about the practice of preserving street art.
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President’s Note: Save The Historic Tax Credit | National Trust for Historic Preservation
March 31, 2017
Unless we act now, one of our most critical—and effective—tools for revitalizing historic buildings could be lost.
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Berlin Preserves Its Trippy 1980s Subway Stations
March 29, 2017
Today, seven of the oddest-looking subway stations in Europe are getting an unlikely accolade: They’re being listed as historic monuments for the first time.
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How This Photographer Captures The Places “Where American Ideas Began”
March 29, 2017
Meet Xiomáro, a landscape and historic building photographer who counts the National Park Service as a client.
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Kimbell Art Museum focuses on the extraordinary career of Louis Kahn, ‘My Architect’
March 23, 2017
"Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture" is the first major retrospective of his work in two decades.
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