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APL
announces Abilene's Top Ten Preservation Opportunities for 2008
Celebrating
Preservation Month, on May 13th at its annual membership meeting, members
adopted the first Top Ten Preservation Opportunities List. These buildings
or places are threatened with neglect, plans that call for the property’s
demolition, or other circumstances that clearly threaten the property’s
continued existence.
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Take
a tour of this 86 year old recently renovated school in Dallas
Old Schools make Great New
Schools. Booker T. Washington school in Dallas, the first
Black high school, recently reopened as a Magnet School. The
project includes significant new construction while preserving
the historic building. Click on the photo at left to view
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Historic
WTU Power and Ice Plant
The industrial plant that "put Abilene on the
map" as a town serious about growth and business
is up for sale, and a public discussion of ideas for its reuse is
beginning. Here's the article
from the Abilene Reporter-News site. Have a comment for us or an
idea for the plant? Click
to let us know. Here's an in-depth
photo tour of the power plant. |
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APL
will help you apply for Historic Overlay
A new program of the Preservation
League offers assistance to those considering applying for the City
of Abilene Historic Overlay designation. We will grant up to $150 toward
the successful application. More
info
Story
of an Austin Home's Journey Toward Renewal
A
home in Austin that had fallen on hard times gets a redo. Like many
historic projects, not everyone agrees about every aspect of the restoration,
but the home is saved. From the Austin
American Statesman.
Is
Vinyl Siding really all that great?
With
all the marketing, you need an objective view of the plusses and minuses
of putting vinyl siding on your house. Here's a link
to a good article that goes into detail about the issue and has
a good list of further resources. (Click on the Related Links link at
the bottom for the PDF file.)
Historic
Districts: around Texas
In
San Antonio, "nearly all real estate professionals agree historic
neighborhoods look better over time in comparison to nearby subdivisions
that don't have historic designation," says Virginia Nicholas,
board president of the San Antonio Conservation Society.
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PDF file of article
Thank
you for helping make the first Heritage Stewardship Awards Luncheon
a success!
The
Abilene Preservation League held its first Heritage Stewardship Awards
Luncheon on Thursday, October 25, 2007 with about 470 in attendance.
On the occasion of the APL’s thirtieth anniversary the organization
honored the Dodge Jones Foundation with the Heritage StewardshipAward,
the highest accolade in local historic preservation. Keynote speaker
was Mr. Peter Brink, Vice President of Programs for the National Trust
for Historic Preservation, and founding director of the Galveston Historical
Foundation.
An
old neighborhood's new momentum is building
A
historic neighborhood district in McKinney has been drawing newcomers
to the city, increasing the tax base and attracting young people. Check
out the article in the Dallas Morning News about the success McKinney's
historic district has generated.
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PDF file of article
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