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It was 29 years ago yesterday that the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Historic District was born, an article in today's Brooklyn Eagle reminds us. Built on the former farm of 17th-century Dutch immigrant Leffert Pietersen van Haughwout, the architecturally distinctive community sprang up under the

These are happy days for the Rose Park Neighborhood Association, comprised of homeowners in the Rose Park Historic District. The group’s first-ever Restoration Trade Fair Sept. 21 drew more than 500 people. (Proceeds will go toward landscaping at nearby Luther Burbank Elementary School.) And this Saturday from 11 a.m.

Tour du Jour Selected Travel Post and Press Releases from our Tour and Attraction members.  Bobby’s Bike Hike - Chicago, Illinois This tour is what made Bobby famous, taking you off the tourist beat and onto the quiet neighborhood streets, city parks, and packed beaches of the North Side of Chicago, giving you a glimpse as to how Chicagoans enjoy their beautiful city.

Touring the Heights after the hurricane, Katharine Shilcutt Gleave is surprised to discover the front porch of Fitzgerald’s still intact. And Mimi Swartz spots these recycled yard gingermen leftover from Christmas, pressed into window-protecting service.

September 18, 2008 Downtown, Historic District & Markers   Church Street in downtown Anderson has a special history. I don’t know the specific dates, but from the early 1900s to the 1980s (?), Church Street was a center of African American commerce.

Rose Park Neighborhood Association holds its first-ever Restoration Trade Fair PHOTO by SARAH G. VINCI When you buy a historically significant house—be it bungalow, Spanish style or miscellaneous—your signature on the mortgage (initial here, here and here) just opens the floodgates.

California Heights Cancels 2008 Annual Home and Garden Tour - Long Beach California California Heights Cancels 2008 Annual Home and Garden Tour     The California Heights Historic District has decided to cancel this years 12th annual Home and Garden Show and postpone it until October

The South Santa Ana Merchant’s Association is holding a forum for the 10 Candidates for the Santa Ana Unified School District’s School Board TONIGHT at 6 p.m.   The forum will be located at the  O. C. Musicians’ Association Hall, at 2050 S. Main St., IN Santa Ana.

Downtown Long Beach-Belmont Shore-Parking Solutions-Long Beach California Downtown Long Beach-Belmont Shore-Parking Solutions-Long Beach California Long Beach Community News Long Beach Parking Solutions   Last month the Long Beach Real Estate Home Blog published an article on Downtown Long

Cell tower coming to Newtown’s historic district? Posted in News on August 14th, 2008 at 3:16 pm by Courier Times staff writer Danny Adler NEWTOWN — The borough council has appointed David Truelove to represent the borough during a conditional use hearing that could bring a cell phone tower to Newtown’s historic district.