News That Matters » historic preservation http://www.planputnam.org/ntm Brought to you by PlanPutnam.Org Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Has Preservation Become a Dangerous Epidemic? http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2011/05/has-preservation-become-a-dangerous-epidemic.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2011/05/has-preservation-become-a-dangerous-epidemic.html#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 20:19:48 +0000 landuseprof This article was first posted at Land Use Prof Blog by landuseprof.

” . . . And is it destroying our cities?” That’s how this NY Times piece starts out, but it isn’t an anti-HP property rights screed. It’s an exhibition review of “Cronocaos,” at the New Museum: An Architect’s Fear that…

]]> http://www.planputnam.org/ntm/2011/05/has-preservation-become-a-dangerous-epidemic/feed/ 0 The Demise of Historic Preservation? http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2011/04/the-demise-of-historic-preservation.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2011/04/the-demise-of-historic-preservation.html#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:24:39 +0000 landuseprof This article was first posted at Land Use Prof Blog by landuseprof.

As federal, state, and local governments face expanding budget crises, will historic preservation programs be one of the first items on the chopping block? President Obama’s February budget proposal would have eliminated Save America’s Treasures and Preserve America, which support…

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NPR this evening featured a story about a dispute in West Virginia over the preservation of Blair Mountain, site of a 1921 miner uprising that claimed the lives of 100 men. Massey Energy, owner of the mine in which 29…

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As some of you may know, I am obsessed with intrigued by conservation easements. A strong motivator for some conservation easements (but not all or even necessarily most) is the availability of federal income tax deductions. A current bill in…

]]> http://www.planputnam.org/ntm/2011/02/tax-breaks-for-conservation-easements-may-get-even-sweeter/feed/ 0 Public Funding for Religious Landmark Upheld http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2011/02/public-funding-for-religious-landmark-upheld.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2011/02/public-funding-for-religious-landmark-upheld.html#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:37:00 +0000 landuseprof This article was first posted at Land Use Prof Blog by landuseprof.

U.S. District Judge Michael McCuskey (C.D. Ill.) has dismissed (Jurist story here) an Establishment Clause lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Illinois Commerce and Economic Opportunity Department’s awarding of a restoration grant for the Bald Knob Cross of Peace (history…

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