How often do you stroll around your neighborhood, whether suburban, small town, or urban, and take in the properties? If you live in the northeast, the forecast is perfect for strolling in this warm spring weather, so take advantage of it! (To those of you elsewhere, I wish you the same weather.) You might recall … Continue reading Reading Your Neighborhood
Happy Sunday, friends! Have you been enjoying fall? We picked so many apples last week that I baked three pies this week. It’s fun delivering baked goods to friends. On a more serious note, anyone watch the Democratic debate? Anyone have a big assignment at work? How about midterms? I hope all is going well … Continue reading With Your Coffee
Hello and welcome, 2014! Before Preservation in Pink dives into 2014, I’d like to take a few minutes to round-up the year’s activity. Preservation in Pink’s 2013 year was about travel, preservation imagery and discovery, helping you to find preservation in your everyday surroundings (even if it’s just a flamingo or a playground slide). Highlights … Continue reading Bidding Adieu to 2013, Welcoming 2014
Preservation ABCs is a series that will work its way from A to Z, bringing words into conversation that are relevant to historic preservation, whether it’s an idea, feature or vocabulary term. The idea is to help you see preservation everywhere you look and wherever you go. Enjoy! See previous letters. ————————– L is for Landscape The … Continue reading Preservation ABCs: L is for Landscape
Preservation ABCs is a series that will work its way from A to Z, bringing words into conversation that are relevant to historic preservation, whether it’s an idea, feature or vocabulary term. The idea is to help you see preservation everywhere you look and wherever you go. Enjoy! See previous letters. ————————– G is for Gateway A … Continue reading Preservation ABCs: G is for Gateway
Happy Friday! In case there is a rain cloud heading your way, here are some fun links to check out: Want some information about greening your home? Head over to the Virginia Preservation Toolkit and the Interactive Preservation House where you can click on windows, doors, walls, etc. to learn what you can do to … Continue reading Friday Links
Normally, when I run, I observe the houses in the neighborhoods. Sometimes I take note of which architectural styles I prefer, or of the landscaping, or additions to the house, how many have vinyl siding, which houses are newer, how many decades old each house is, and so on. While this might be terribly inaccurate, … Continue reading Running Notes
It is not the practice on Preservation in Pink to post random news articles, but I think that “What Will Save the Suburbs?” by Allison Arieff from January 11, 2009 in the New York Times is worth posting and reading. Arieff discusses the fact that while urban development can often find new uses, suburban development … Continue reading What Will Save the Suburbs?
Having never been to Pittsburgh, I didn’t know what to expect. With a name like Pittsburgh, you can’t really blame me for not thinking about it. Granted, it’s not Pittsburgh’s fault that it has its name. The same can be said for other towns like Hicksville, NY (Long Island.) However, I knew that the National … Continue reading Pittsburgh First Impressions
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