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1822 West 4th Street

Morris Kight was a trailblazer for LGBTQ+ rights. His bungalow in Westlake just became a Los Angeles historic monument.

rendering of guy park manor and park
A New Calling

New York’s Guy Park Manor and surrounding park to become education and resiliency center following extensive renovation

The radio telescope dish at arecibo observatory in happier times
Goodbye Big Dish, Hello STEM

Puerto Rico’s famed Arecibo Telescope will not be rebuilt as the NSF shifts focus to new educational center

a demolition site
Cracked and Scrambled

Oklahoma City’s egg-shaped First Christian Church has been demolished

exterior of a historic gabled restaurant in kentucky
The Colonel Beckons

Revamp of historic Sanders Cafe, birthplace of KFC, is liberally seasoned with midcentury nostalgia

marquee of a historic college in austin
On The List

Austin’s Huston-Tillotson University is now a National Register of Historic Places–recognized historic district

a historic building wrapped in flames
A Total Loss

Nantucket hotel fire ravages America’s largest National Historic Landmark District

a vacant detroit high-rise, lee plaza
New Leese on Life

Detroit puts $7 million in pandemic relief funds towards reviving iconic Lee Plaza

a modernist office building with a scalloped roofline with a Michigan State Medical Society sign
Arch Support

Minoru Yamasaki’s Michigan State Medical Society Building goes up for sale

overhead view of buildings in historic district in downtown los angeles, and the new Perla on Broadway
Raising the Curtain

The first new high-rise in L.A.’s historic Broadway Theater District in a century makes its debut

Rendering of a new arched outdoor area at south station in boston
On A Strong Base

In Boston, the new South Station tower will bring much-needed transit upgrades

Aerial image of a sunken memorial in granite and concrete on the lawn of the African Burial Ground National Monument
Memorializing The Past

Could New York’s African Burial Ground National Monument become a full museum?

Exterior of the Willert Park Courts public housing complex with blue pergola in front of the entrance
Whose History?

Buffalo says its first National Register–eligible African American housing project can’t be saved. Preservationists beg to differ.

view of an art-filled alleyway with a brick portal looking into Library Street Collective
Talk About A Hole In The Wall

Library Street Collective unveils new Snarkitecture-designed gallery in downtown Detroit

exterior of the h. h. richardson cottage
One Last Win

H. H. Richardson and John Charles Olmsted homes get temporary reprieve from the wrecking ball

The remains of the dish at arecibo observatory
Rest In Pieces

Drones captured the moment Arecibo’s dish was destroyed

The radio telescope dish at arecibo observatory in happier times
End Of An Era

Arecibo observation platform collapses, taking out the main dish

The radio telescope dish at arecibo observatory in happier times
The 2020 Hits Keep On Coming

After catastrophic failures, Arecibo’s dish will be demolished

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