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One of the Oldest Houses in the US to Undergo Historical Preservation
The Matthewis Persen House Museum received a $558,232 grant from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.
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Contemporary Artists Breathe New Life Into a Historic California Mansion
The John Rowland Mansion is now open to the public with site-specific contemporary artworks centering access and found materials.
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See Dozens of New York City Landmarks That No Longer Exist
A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society traces the city’s history through its long-forgotten monuments.
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Salt-and-Pepper Building Debate Shakes Up British Town
What began as a simple project to honor two historic water towers in Goole with a salt-and-pepper shaker set quickly divided locals, who can’t agree on which building represents which condiment.
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Prankster Grants Paul Manafort’s Brooklyn Brownstone Special and Hilarious Landmark Status
The former Trump campaign manager's investment property at 377 Union Street has been designated "the house that brought down a president."
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Letting Go of Our Obsession with Memorials
Over the past 50 years we have encountered the incentive to value every material trace of the past more and more, like we are a society with collective hoarding anxiety.
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Ann Hamilton's Portraits that Blur and Isolate
For a commission at the University of Texas at Austin, Hamilton photographed over 500 people at locations around the city through sheets of milky, semi-opaque Duraflex.