Tensions have been simmering over plans for a new addition to a beloved Olmsted park: A memorial for African Americans whose nearby burial ground was taken over by municipal projects.
Tag: Historic Buildings and Sites
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Is This the World’s Most Picturesque High Dive?
Catch a glimpse of a storied tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where, for hundreds of years, divers have leaped from a bridge in the southern city of Mostar.
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The Push to Landmark the Last-Known ‘Colored’ School in Manhattan
The historic building at 128 West 17th Street has been vacant for years, and preservation advocates fear its damaged roof may eventually prompt developers to tear it down.
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He Inherited a New Orleans Jazz Institution. What Does He Owe?
In the 1960s, Ben Jaffe’s family founded Preservation Hall to help keep a defining Black art form alive. In 2022, that’s a complicated part for a white musician to play.
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Eviction Looming For California Scofflaw And His Two Acres of Land
David Lee Hoffman has been fighting a local government in California for decades to keep his eccentric home and way of living intact.