December 2011
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Richmond trolley map (1930)
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VIA Carlton McKenney’s Rails in Richmond. [VIEW LARGER]
Original Article
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lets make good use of the tangible history left →
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old but still relevant..
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CHPN: Mary Wingfield Scott's Old Richmond... →
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I picked up Paul Clemens’ Made in Detroit and Mary Wingfield Scott’s Houses of Old Richmond at the library on 25th street yesterday. I’d heard an interview with Clemens on NPR a while back and his story of growing up in Detroit during the demographic and economic changes of the 1970s and…
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QRpedia case study: The Children's Museum of... →
hstryqt:
Everything you’d want to know (and maybe somethings you don’t) about the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis’ implementation of QRpedia codes in our exhibits.
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We always strive to maintain the integrity of the buildings whose lives we’re...
– Paul Oberman (via impracticalinconceivableabsurd)
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Revisiting Previous Most Endangered Sites: The...
This is the second blog article in a series of articles that will provide updates on sites previously listed to Preservation Virginia’s Most Endangered Sites list. Preservationists oftentimes personify buildings but when I read about Mt. Zion Church near Gilbert’s Corner in Loudoun County my personification intensified until I actually wanted to be the church and witness the history that...
Watch the Executive Papers of Governor Thomas... →
gmalbc:
Interesting video on preserving Jefferson’s papers at the Library of Virginia.
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A more damned crew hell never vomited.
– Virginia Company treasurer George Sandys on the quality of the settlers at Jamestown in 1623 (via foundingamerica)
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Northern VA Sets Aside Land for the Future →
Northern Virginians, seeking to preserve lands, streams and wetlands from encroaching development, protected almost 4,000 acres in conservation trusts between 2005 and 2010, a new survey shows.
The survey, conducted by the Land Trust Alliance, reported that more than 10 million acres had been preserved nationwide, with more than 1.1 million acres saved in Virginia, the most in the Southeast...
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