#historic-preservation

#historic-preservation

It feels like you walked into your childhood home when you were 10-years-old. No one can get this feeling anywhere else. I have to have it. What if someone drops a meatball on the sofa or something? I would have a nervous breakdown.

The new flagship showroom of Ukrainian brand Gunia Project occupies the ground floor of a late-19th-century building on a historic street near the Golden Gate where old Kyiv once began. After three months of careful searching, the chosen space revealed both clear advantages and notable challenges.

I love this house. There's no question that it's the focal point of our family, of all our traditions. It's like a museum, a museum that's always open. Artifacts, furniture, family--they're all here. And I grew up with the history around me. I lived it. I think that's why I don't feel any confusion about my role as a modern person as well as a person who's part of old tradition.

Pickfair, which grew from a $3,000 stable in 1911 to become a rambling, green-gabled melange of American Colonial styles, was said at one time to be the nation's second-most famous residence--after the White House.

The American public volubly aired its opposition to US president Donald Trump's plans to build a $400m, 22,000-sq.-ft ballroom on the site of the demolished East Wing of the White House in an hours-long online meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) on Thursday (5 March). Led by White House staff secretary Will Scharf, who previously worked as Trump's personal lawyer, the commission is the final procedural hurdle the project needs to clear before construction can begin.

After a mine cave-in revealed a rich vein of ore Bodie, California became a thriving town during the years of the California gold rush. It quickly exploded in size and at its pinnacle was home to around had around 2,000 structures and a population of 8,000 people. It went bust in 1881 and what buildings remain standing represents about 10% of its original structures.

As one of the region's last authentic vintage lunch cars, Buddy's was a time capsule, keeping the neighborhood well fed with hot platters of hand-cracked eggs and made-to-order bacon on the cheap. Now it's a mausoleum.

Long before it became a pop‑culture pilgrimage site and backdrop for countless photo ops, the Brady Bunch House helped shape America's vision of family life in the late 1960s and early '70s - especially the idea of a blended family. We're thrilled to see it now designated as a Historic-Cultural Monument, ensuring the Brady Bunch - and their iconic home - remain part of Los Angeles' story.

The English-style home on Lyric Avenue was once owned by Disney and his wife, Lilian. Built in 1928, the house incorporates several Tudor features including intersecting gable roofs, multi-paned windows, a balcony and arched doorways.

Bar Ferdinando is Sal Lamboglia's fourth business, including his neighboring dining places Cafe Spaghetti, Swoony's, and Sal Tang's. In fact, Ferdinando's Focacceria owner Francesco "Frank" Buffa picked Lamboglia to take over the address after Buffa decided to shutter the restaurant in February 2025.

As millions of soldiers returned home from World War II, the nation faced a housing shortage. In response to the pinch, Los Angeles-based Arts and Architecture magazine designed and commissioned 36 experimental houses to showcase innovative and inexpensive architecture techniques. The group of homes, designed by notable architects such as Richard Neutra and Craig Ellwood, became known as the "Case Study Houses."

This turn-of-the-century brick townhouse, at 307 Hicks St., was built around 1910. At 6,200 square feet, the home, filled with modern interiors, features five bedrooms and seven baths. The buyer, we hear, is a Manhattan-based finance family.

Unlike the former Station and the other restaurants that have graced this bizarre island over the years, the food at the Station is very good, if not great, and the prices are reasonable - everything is under $14. The vibes are lovely, too. The new owners expanded the garden, added a fresh coat of paint, good music, a fire pit and a lot of seating.

Obviously, this is a significant loss to the musical legacy of our nation and the history of Beverly Hills and its role in shaping American culture. The demolition was wholly avoidable and occurred because Beverly Hills, unlike neighboring cities such as Los Angeles and West Hollywood, lacks a historic preservation ordinance.

In Coney Island, the Coney Island Museum will partner with HDC to promote the museum's goals for the neighborhood, including visioning a future that honors the neighborhood's legendary character in the wake of the divisive casino proposal. Plans also include walking tours and a survey of historic buildings in the neighborhood.

"The White House stands not only as a residence of the for the nation's chief executive, but as an enduring emblem of the of democratic restraint, architectural elegance and the collective will of the people for over two centuries, its neoclassical facade, designed by James Hoban, and designed through careful evolutions, has symbolised a government of modesty and accessibility, unadorned by the gilded excesses of monarchies past."