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• "We will demand that our leaders take us and this property serious and FIX IT" - "Citizen" Ed Hauser, May 26, 2006

  
  REALNEO for all - Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio — Authority: 447
  In reviewing REALNEO for material on the historic Cleveland U.S. Coast Guard Station, to accompany these November 25, 2009, photographs and Thanksgiving Day Pans of the Coast Guard site, I came across the May, 2006, REALNEO discussion "COAST GUARD IDEAS" about what should be done with the site... with a lengthy ...
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• Happy Thanksgiving REALNEO

  
  REALNEO for all - Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio — Authority: 447
  Exquisite decay. On Thanksgiving eve, a little over a year following the death of Ed Hauser - the primary community activist for preservation of the National Historic Landmark Dyer Coast Guard Station, on Whiskey Island - I went Hauser Way to photograph this best location in the nation, to share with you on ...
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• A New Perspective on Urban Settlements in America: Veronica Moss Visits Times Square

  
  REALNEO for all - Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio — Authority: 447
  Start Thanksgiving with a smile, and a new perspective on urban settlements in America - enjoy "Veronica Moss Visits Times Square". I found this video at Rob Pitingolos very cool NEO-based blog - Extraordinary Observations (since September, 2004)... originally from StreetFilms.org .   Definitely check out ...
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• Mayor Jackson demands details

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 434
  Frank Jackson, displeased with what he views as a lack of communication from MMPI, yesterday sent the company a list of questions (PDF) about the the proposed changes in the design of the Medical Mart . He also said that the City will hire a consultant to independently assess the condition of Public ...
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• More Federal Money for Historic Preservation Exists, Needs to be Appropriated

  
  Ecology of Absence — Authority: 127
  In 1976, the U.S. Congress created the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF). Funded by offshore oil leases, the $150 million fund is supposed to be available for matching grants to state and territorial historic preservation offices, tribal historic preservation offices, historically black colleges and universities and ...
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• "A Grande Cappuccino, Prithee"

  
  The Skeptical Bureaucrat — Authority: 128
  The National Trust for Historic Preservation has posted an item about a new exhibit in Colonial Williamsburg: Coffeehouses, Storytelling, and Relevance . This could be the story of Starbucks, Saxby’s, or Caribou Coffee. This could be the story of hundreds of independent coffee houses that dot the American ...
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• Worried About a Local Landmark? Nominate it as an Endangered Place

  
  14th & You — Authority: 519
  The DC Preservation League--the organization that seeks to raise awareness of threatened historically significant structures--is accepting petitions for buildings to include in its 2010 list. A few structures in the Shaw/Logan area could probably qualify for the list (Im looking at you, Vermont Baptist Church-owned ...
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• The Railton Residence Reopens

  
  Ecology of Absence — Authority: 127
  On November 12, Salvation Army officials cut the ribbon on the beautifully rehabilitated Railton Residence at 205 N. 18th Street downtown. The project cost $14 million and produces 102 workforce housing units in the heart of downtown. Major assistance came from the St. Louis Equity Fund, and the project would not ...
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• Medical Mart conversation

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 434
  On the most recent Feagler & Friends program , architect Peter van Dijk, Levin College Dean Ned Hill, and the Plain Dealer s Steven Litt discussed the changing plans for the Medical Mart in Cleveland. A Plain Dealer editorial said that the project should move forward . The paper also posted MMPIs ...
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• Adaptive Reuse: Can an Old Courthouse Become the Bronxs Chelsea Market?

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 678
  Numerous redevelopment plans for the old Bronx Courthouse at 161st Street and Third Avenue have fallen through over the years, turning the building into what Bronx blog Welcome to Melrose calls "a symbol of urban decay and collapse." So what to do with big ol relic? Welcome to Melrose was invited by the owner of ...
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• Construction Watch: New Soho Condo Building Honors Old Garage It Destroyed

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 678
  Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Preservationists roared like a 500-horsepower engine when the old Tunnel Garage at Broome and Thompson in Soho was torn down, but the condo development rising in its place saved them a surprise. Check out the top of 520 Broome Street and youll notice the ...
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• Knox Hill Project:Weekly Update

  
  Victorian Antiquities and Design — Authority: 420
  A nother decent weekend to get some work done, hard to believe its November! Still concentrating on the stair hall. As you may know from previous posts we have been dealing with a number of issues to get the staircase area "up to snuff" with the level of the rest of the house and give it some pizazz. At the ...
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• Victorian meets mid-century modern time capsule for sale in Adams, Mass.

  
  Retro Renovation — Authority: 134
  Here is something you’ve never seen my site: A house built in 1890. But… think again…because this Victorian mansion, built on a stately hill in the shadow of Mount Greylock in Adams, Mass, is the very same mid-century time capsule of estate sale fame two weeks ago. The time capsule here and here and here . ...
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• Enjoy the Ride!

  
  REALNEO for all - Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio — Authority: 447
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• 714 Main Progress

  
  Fort Worthology — Authority: 128
  XTO’s restoration of 714 Main, the former Transport Life Building in Downtown, is getting closer to completion. As seen above, much of the glass of the new replica 1920s base has been installed, and as we reported previously the new warrior heads have been added atop the arches.Now, XTO has added another important ...
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• Quikrete Is the Great D.I.Y. Concrete and Sand Brand

  
  BrandlandUSA — Authority: 122
  The idea behind a brand is to turn a commodity into a special thing. And what is more commodity than concrete; concrete is cement and sand, right? Such was the genius of Gene Winchester, who created Quikrete brand concrete mix in 1952 in Columbus, Ohio. Now headquartered in Atlanta, the brand is trusted by ...
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• Question of the Day: Do The Port Authority and the PD Still Have a Long Hard Fall From Grace Ahead, Together?

  
  REALNEO for all - Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio — Authority: 447
  November 21, 2009, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published a get-out-of-jail-free editorial for seemingly life-term Cleveland Port Authority dictator John Carney, and his board of directors - " A Cleveland Port Authority board already wounded cant afford conflict-of-interest charges -- editorial " - that fully ...
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• Cleveland Cold Storage building controversy

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 434
  The Plain Dealer and Channel 3 have more details about the dispute between the Ohio Department of Transportation and Fred Finley , owner of the Cleveland Cold Storage building .
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• A Historic Preservation Survey

  
  Preservation in Pink — Authority: 124
  What does historic preservation mean to you? Is it a movement, a field of study, an avocation, a trade? How do you classify yourself: student, professional, amateur? Lately I’ve been wondering how people in the field view preservation and how they view themselves in the context of the field. If you can, please ...
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• Private Propety and Association Money

  
  LifeinSeminoleHeights — Authority: 118
  Should OSHNA spend association money for the preservation or historic designation of private property? Apparently there is a move to spend $1,500 (maybe more) toward the Jackson House at 800 E. Lambright . The property appraisers records show the house to be built in 1900 but those dates can be often found to be ...
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