#thisplacematters

[loveinthed]

This structure, located on East Bethune, between Woodward and John R, is all that remains of the then-Hamlin Avenue Police Station, designed by Louis Kamper. Built in 1898, it served as headquarters of the 9th Precinct - this building housed the Mounted Division. Unfortunately, when the 9th Precinct closed in 1954, the main building was subsequently demolished. The Mounted Division stayed behind. The old stables have been on the market for several years. #Detroit #NorthEndDetroit #Chateau #FrenchRenaissanceRevival #VictorianArchitecture #LouisKamper #archi_ologie #deserve2preserve #BrickStory #RawDetroit #PureMichigan #PureMittigan #MotorCityShooters #PureDetroit313 #DepictTheD #VisitDetroit #Michiganders #ThisPlaceMatters #ThisPlaceMattersDetroit #MichiganPlacesMatter #SavingPlaces (at North End) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqnc660OlgZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rocklandhistoryblog]

The new episode of Crossroads of Rockland History is streaming now.

Listen here:

The episode aired on Monday October 21, 2024 at 9:30 am on WRCR 1700 AM Radio.

Bill Batson joined host Clare Sheridan to dBill Batson (he/him)coming Veterans Day Program at Mount Moor Cemetery.

@billbatsonny @friendsofmountmoorcemetery

Mount Moor African-American Cemetery, also known as Mount Moor Cemetery, is a historic African American cemetery located at Palisades Center, West Nyack in Rockland County, New York. It was established in 1849 and contains approximately 90 known graves including veterans of the Civil War, Spanish-American War and World War I. Among the notable burials are Lafayette Logan, a Buffalo Soldier who fought with the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and several members of the 26th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.

Event Details:

Buffalo Soldiers of Rockland County

Friends of Mount Moor Cemetery

Present :

A Veterans Day Service

Monday, November 11th

12Noon

Mt. Moor Cemetery

1000 Palisades Center Drive

West Nyack, New York 10994

(Palisades Mall)

For information contact: 845-362-6227

#mountmoorcemetery #mountmoor #veteransday #buffalosoldier #historicburialground #thisplacematters

[laconservancy]

The West L.A. Civic Center and L.A.’s Historic Preservation Problem

Think you know what’s up with the proposed redevelopment of the West L.A. Civic Center? The November 9th, 2021 West L.A. Commons community meeting shed some light and details on the project but few on preservation, much like the project itself.

Here’s the scoop:

Built between 1957-1965 to meet growing demand for government services, the West L.A. Civic Center is significant for its Modernist architecture and role in expanded government services following WWII. More recently, it’s become hallowed ground for L.A.’s skateboarding scene, attracting skaters worldwide with its stairs and ledges. In January 2021, the County and City selected Abode Communities and AvalonBay Communities to redevelop the site.

As currently planned, the 1960 Courthouse, 1961 branch City Hall, 1962 Community Center (Senior Center), and 1965 Amphitheatre are to be demolished.

(Only the 1956 library will stay--for now--and is not a part of this project scope.)

This means an eligible historic district marking an important part of West L.A.’s growth will be erased.

Two facades of the branch City Hall were planned to be kept (which is not preservation) yet that is now being reconsidered, citing soil conditions. The same goes for the now-doomed Googie style Amphitheatre, despite being marked for preservation in the proposal that was selected by the City and County.

As a public-private venture between the City, County and the developer (AvalonBay and Abode Communities), preservation was supposed to be a priority, at least it was in the official Request for Proposals (RFP) process, stated as one of ten key aspects to be addressed.

So … what is happening here?

Preservation through adaptive reuse is readily achievable in this project, and can complement the proposed new mixed income housing. New buildings of the same footprint are to replace the branch City Hall and Courthouse. The existing Amphitheatre can be repurposed and kept.

It is easier to demolish everything and build subterranean parking over the entire site than build around the historic buildings. Yet easy does not equal better. Until someone in leadership steps forward and presses for an alternative that successfully marries the old with the new, this development team will continue to seek the easy way out. As a familiar pattern that keeps repeating itself across this city, L.A. can do and deserves better.

Please join the L.A. Conservancy in pressing City Councilmember Mike Bonin and County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl for another alternative! Email them at: councilmember.bonin@lacity.org and sheila@bos.lacounty.gov. Be sure to cc afine@laconservancy.org so that we can track!

[jonathanmilliondollarsmile]

#AmericanCastles Repost from @americancastles • Well, look at this beauty I was tagged in this week! #featurefriday this week is this amazing Second Empire from @donald_boerger. I love a good over the top design. Thanks for tagging me! ---------------------------- For #mansardroof Mondays! The Riverside Historic District features homes built by Evansville‘s founding fathers. The homes represent a variety of architecture styles including Italianate, Colonial Revival and Renaissance Revival. The district is one block from the Ohio River. The large street trees and brick streets will lead you to a time capsule of architecture frozen in time. Wakins F. Nesbit, a local dry goods merchant, built this 3-story brick Second Empire Style residence for his wife, 8 of his 10 children and 3 servants in 1878-79. The magnificent home and all of its glory was built by the Reid Brothers local architects. #old #oldhomes #oldhomelove #homedecor #mansory #mansardmonday #secondempire #travel #homestyling #historichomes #thisplacematters #architecture #architecturelovers #archi_ologie #house #houselove #pretty_shotz #pretty #homesofinstagram #homesofinsta #indiana #americancastlesff https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZEc8JsBdHm7ng3VJxr4yHh-4tVQZSzTXREq80/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lucindervention]

leftover Georgetown Glow and faux facade

[npsparkclp]

Cultural Landscape Preservation

It's already the end of May, which means that Preservation Month is coming to a close. Here are just a few ways to continue exploring cultural landscape preservation in the National Park Service:

Timeline of Cultural Landscape Preservation, 1850-Present 

Guidance Documents and Cultural Landscape Report Collections: 

You can also find access to the Integrated Resource Management Applications (IRMA) Portal there, an NPS-wide repository for documents, publications, and data sets related to natural and cultural resources of the National Park Service. The cultural landscape documents in this growing collection contain history, analysis, and treatment recommendations to support the management of cultural landscapes.

Cultural landscape video collection from the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation 

These videos highlight preservation projects in various park cultural landscapes, revealing how management documents (like Cultural Landscape Reports) guide preservation treatment that can impact the experience of historic places.

The National Park Service & Historic Preservation 

Keep celebrating preservation all year!

[brickstory]

This house looks like Dorothy took all the bricks from the yellow brick road and built an amazing house with them. . Shared from @anne__archie #historicarchitecture #oldhouse #indianaarchitecture #hoosierarchitecture #historicindianaarchitecture #archi_ologie #archilovers #thisoldhouse #oldhouselove #architecturephotography #storyteller #architecturelovers #thisplacematters #noblesvilleindiana #hamiltoncountyindiana #yellowbrickhouse #brickhouse #brickstory #connorstreetdistrict, #yellowbrickroad . Tell us your story.... (at Noblesville, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1BusI9gDNw/?igshid=108mfv4l6l4i7

[modtraveler]

Wow! Check out this eye-popping, intact, googie diner - designed by Armet & Davis over 50 years ago as an original midcentury Denny’s - just South of the US/Canada border, lookin’ good! More like this at Modtraveler.net #blainewa #blainewashington #googie #googiediner #modernism #armetanddavis #dinerculture #ipulledoverforthis #seattle #thisplacematters #bellingham #dennysdiner (at Blaine, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/BySfkfKBtry/?igshid=lx97y1lp4rqo

[machomoversinc]

"Pink makes me happy when I'm Blue." 💗💙 #pinkpower #pinkaesthetic #prettygirls #thisplacematters #machomacho #proudbusinessowners #outforastroll #anythingispossible #herewegoagain #daddysgirl #dogsofinstagram #pictureperfect #aurora #bestdoggo #givemeallthelove #walkswithourofficestaff #truckinspection (at Macho Movers Inc) https://www.instagram.com/p/CalJZcbJGNH/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ninacm]

#typography #design #love #thelittlethings #steamship #HudsonRiverPark #Lilac #history #ThisPlaceMatters #NationalTrustForHistoricPreservation #ventures #openyoureyes #free #nyc #latergram #latergramfordays

[loveinthed]

Michigan Bell and Western Electric shared a building on Detroit's east side in the late 1920s. Western Electric stored and distributed equipment while Michigan Bell housed and serviced their vehicles. That structure was soon deemed too small to accommodate the growth experienced by the city at the time. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls' lead designer, Wirt C. Rowland, an extremely busy man at the time, was commissioned to design a much larger facility. This is one of the finest examples of Art Deco in the area. A 12-story central tower is flanked by 6-story wings on both sides. Western Electric used the building as its headquarters until 1958, when the company relocated to suburban Plymouth. In 1959, Michigan Bell began using the structure to make the popular Yellow Pages volumes. Two years later, the iconic "Yellow Pages" sign was installed along the front of the building. You may also remember the "Weather-Phone" sign, a translucent white plastic sign that provided motorists on the Lodge with weather forecasts. When redevelopment on the building started, the sign was deemed structurally unsound and removed. Michigan Bell sold the building in 1995, though the company continued to utilize it until 1999. In 2009, the Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO), a local non-profit human services agency, purchased the property. Work began to convert it into 155 one-bedroom apartments for formerly homeless adults. The facility also provides care for those suffering from mental health illnesses, addiction and other issues. Amenities include a gymnasium, library, computer room, art and music rooms and a chapel. The building also serves as the NSO's headquarters. Renovations were completed in 2013. #Detroit #Westside #HopeVillageDetroit #ArtDeco #Modernism #WirtRowland #SmithHinchmanandGrylls #OakmanBoulevard #archi_ologie #BrickStory #RawDetroit #PureMichigan #PureMittigan #MotorCityShooters #PureDetroit313 #DepictTheD #VisitDetroit #Michiganders #ThisPlaceMatters #ThisPlaceMattersDetroit #MichiganPlacesMatter #WorldArtDecoMonth (at NSO Bell Building) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrYbekNLRKS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rebeccajgale]

Curves. [1700s German barn interior wall, Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia] #halftimbered #stucco #german #germany #germanarchitecture #barn #oldbarn #agriculture #design #preservation #thisplacematters #museum #frontierculturemuseum #loveva #lovestaunton #virginia #architecture #oldbuildings #photography #photographylovers #buildingphotography (at Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia)

[bluejen1]

Site visit today to the Reeves House Museum in Dover, OH #thisplacematters #historic #preservation #victorianbeauty (at Reeves Victorian Home and Carriage House Museum)

[doublegrr]

Spotted! @molliethehounddoggie visiting one of our recently elected 2018 Impact Buildings! Imperial Theater Mohawk! #Repost @molliethehounddoggie with @get_repost ・・・ You forget. . #savingplaces . . #preservethenati #thisplacematters #preservation #historicpreservation #movietheater #movietheatre #abandonedohio #abandonedplaces #hydrant #dogsofcincy #dogsofohio #ohioexplored #ohiogram #adoptdontshop #rescuedogsofinstagram #rescuedog #houndsofinstagram #igerscincinnati #igersmidwest #cincyrefined #artacademy #artinstallation #cincinnati #artdog #artproject #dogsandart #dogsofinstagram #hund #perrosgram (at Imperial Theatre Mohawk)

[lucindervention]

This is the Newton D. Baker House, a National Historic Landmark. Two points of interest about the NHL program and this landmark in particular: • While there are 90,000 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, only 2,500 are National Historic Landmarks. If a property is designated as a latter, it is automatically added as a former. Both programs are administered by the @nationalparkservice... Talk about a dream job! • Jacqueline Kennedy purchased this house and lived in it with her immediate family in the year after John’s tragic death. #georgetown #federalrevival #federalrevivalarchitecture #federalrevivalstyle #federalrevivalhouse #newtondbakerhouse #georgetownarchitecture #georgetowndc #historic #historichomes #thisplacematters #historicdistrict #archi_ologie #homeandgarden #jackiekennedy #doriccolumns #columns #historicpreservation #preservation #savingplaces #mygeorgetown #igersgeorgetown #keystone #igers_georgetown #igersdc #igers_dc #dcblogger #nationalhistoriclandmark #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces #dcinventoryofhistoricsites (at Georgetown) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM0At8xHMAK/?igshid=ybvy2bp2uiy8

[lostamericana]

It's been a minute since this Texas gas pump was used. The guy in town said it was out of service when he was a boy, and he's in his 60s now. #LostAmericana #Texas #ghosttown #gasStation #abandoned #ruralamerica #rural #thisPlaceMatters #petroliana #gaspump (at Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPMRJszNm99/?utm_medium=tumblr