Category: Historic Buildings and Sites

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    Not All National Parks Remain Open in the Shutdown. Here’s What to Know.

    Some underground attractions are closed, and many outdoor sites have reduced their services.
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    Tess Johnston, Diplomat Who Helped Preserve ‘Old Shanghai,’ Dies at 93

    She worked in American consulates around the world but found a home in China’s “Paris of the East,” where she documented a vanishing colonial architecture.
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    Tess Johnston, Diplomat Who Helped Preserve ‘Old Shanghai,’ Dies at 93

    She worked in American consulates around the world but found a home in China’s “Paris of the East,” where she documented a vanishing colonial architecture.
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    Rebuilding a Historic Jewish Library, Book by Book

    The Nazis seized tens of thousands of books from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Budapest, but the works are making their way back, including one being returned in New York this week.
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    Trieste Residents Worry Their City Will Be Overrun With Venice-Bound Tourists

    After Venice shunned large cruise ships, many began to dock 100 miles east in Trieste. Residents now worry that tourists will overrun their city, too.
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    Albania Seizes Its Moment in the Sun

    Gorgeous beaches, unspoiled nature, unusual historical sites and low prices have made this former “hermit state” one of Europe’s newest destinations.
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    Ancient Temples Have Long Been a Flashpoint Between Cambodia and Thailand

    Both countries lay claim to centuries-old worship sites perched on the mountains that divide the two nations, sometimes stoking nationalistic fervor.
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    Condo Conversion in Former Brooklyn Church Offers ‘Piece of History’

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    Nathan Silver, Who Chronicled a Vanished New York, Dies at 89

    An architect, he wrote in his book “Lost New York” about the many buildings that were destroyed before passage of the city’s landmarks preservation law.
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    A Trump Family Project Spurs Resignations and a Criminal Charge in Serbia

    A group of preservationists has thrown a wrench in the plans for a Trump-branded hotel complex backed by the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in Belgrade.
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    Barbara Gladstone’s Chelsea House Listed for Just Under $12 Million

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    A Tour Through the Long Island of “The Great Gatsby”

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    In a Medieval Greek Fortress, Residents Feud Over ‘Pharaonic’ Cable Car Plan

    The authorities in Monemvasia, founded in the sixth century, say people with limited mobility need access to the town’s peak. But critics say the project would destroy the identity of the site.
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    Pope Leo XIV Grew Up in This Chicago Home. Now, It Could Be Yours.

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    The NYC Apartment Where Christo and Jeanne-Claude Cast Their Spells

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    Graham Norton’s Manhattan Carriage House Is Listed for $5.595 Million

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    Felling of Sycamore Gap Tree Was ‘Deliberate and Mindless,’ Prosecutor Says

    The trial for two men accused of cutting down the 200-year-old Hadrian’s Wall tree opened Tuesday in northeastern England. Both have pleaded not guilty.