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142 Free Street
Fate of 142 Free Street

Portland, Maine city council declassifies landmarked building to make way for its demolition as part of Portland Museum of Art expansion

Ordway Building at Florida Southern College
On the Esplanade

A Frank Lloyd Wright building at Florida Southern College will be renovated by MCWB Architects for Florida’s newest architecture program

close-up of top of Heckscher Building
Heavy Lies the Crown

Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the Heckscher Building, a French Renaissance tower by Warren & Wetmore from 1922

exterior image of the restored Brick House
Inseparable Pair

Philip Johnson’s Brick House reopens in New Canaan, Connecticut

hudson athens lighthouse
Plea for Help

National Trust for Historic Preservation names 11 places “previously left at the margins” to its annual list of endangered sites and properties

Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
Lion Link

In California, work on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is now underway

In Praise of Patina

Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects renovate University of Toronto library, adding a copper-sheathed elevator tower

stage at Brooklyn Paramount
Grand Marquee

Brooklyn Paramount, an iconic 1928 music venue by Rapp & Rapp, reopens thanks to restoration by Arcadis and Live Nation

Al Beadle White Gates Residence Demolition permit withdrawn
Torn Down for What

Demolition request for Al Beadle’s White Gates residence in Phoenix is withdrawn

8 Bleeding Heart Yard by GROUPWORK from street
Editing the Past

GROUPWORK restores 8 Bleeding Heart Yard crafting a facade of misremembered details

Ellis Island entrance
The New, New Colossus

Highland Associates is transforming the Ellis Island Museum into a modern visitors center

Taliesin west
Let Me Be Frank

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation taps Sasaki to lead a comprehensive plan for Taliesin West

Close Call

In Flatbush, Brooklyn, plans to restore the art deco Sears Roebuck & Co. building move forward

century building
Preserved for Perpetuity

Preservation Chicago names its seven most endangered buildings of 2024

Set in Stone

Paul Rudolph’s Blue Cross – Blue Shield building declared local landmark by Boston Landmarks Commission

Ebb and Flow

Restoration of Argentine architect Amancio Williams’s Casa sobre el Arroyo receives the 2024 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize

How Perfect Perfection Can Be

Gabellini Sheppard Associates adds subtle improvements to lobby and plaza at 45 Rockefeller Center

Hallowed Ground

First Christian Church’s clock tower, completed by Eliel and Eero Saarinen in 1942, has been restored in Columbus, Indiana

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