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Education Government Regional 

Tribal Landmark

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 BRIEF
contract, conversion, due process, landmarks, Louisiana, Native Americans, schools

The United Houma Nation claims in federal court that a Louisiana school board sold a former all-Indian school maintained by the tribe as a historic landmark without notice for half of its appraised value.

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National 

US ‘Honor Roll’ of Historic Sites Often Ignores Slavery

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
history, landmarks, slavery

Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on the National Register of Historic Places — but don’t look for many mentions of slavery in the government’s official record of places with historic significance.

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Arts International Religion 

Notre Dame Rector Says Cathedral Might Not Be Saved

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Catholic, churches, construction, Fire, landmarks

The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile there’s a “50% chance” the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year’s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.

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Consumers Entertainment International 

Rome Enforces Ban on Sitting on Spanish Steps

August 7, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
artifacts, history, Italy, landmarks, monuments, ordinance, Police, tourism

Implementing an ordinance that came into effect a month ago, police officers are working Wednesday to tell seated Italians and tourists to get up from one of the Eternal City’s most famous and photographed spots.

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Entertainment Government 

Iconic Yosemite Names Restored After Deal in Trademark Dispute

July 15, 2019July 16, 2019 NICK CAHILL
landmarks, National Park Service, Trademark

The historic names of Yosemite landmarks that were changed during an ugly trademark dispute will return to the iconic national park, the federal government announced Monday.

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Business Regional Sports 

USC, United Reach Deal to Rename LA Coliseum

June 7, 2019 NATHAN SOLIS
landmarks, Los Angeles County, stadiums, United Airlines

The outdoor sports stadium will now be called the “United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum” a compromise title that satisfies both veterans groups and United Airlines, which won naming rights last year.

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Arts 

Famed Architect I.M. Pei Dies at 102

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
construction, landmarks, obituary

I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died at age 102.

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Arts Government International 

Notre Dame Fire Was a Warning Bell — Will Europe Listen?

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
churches, Europe, Fire, landmarks

It’s a thin line where the patina of age on Europe’s countless monuments gives way to the onset of neglect. As with so many loved ones, all is assumed to be fine, until suddenly it’s not.

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Arts International 

$1 Billion Already Raised to Rebuild Notre Dame After Fire

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
churches, Fire, France, landmarks, Paris

Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, after the French president set a five-year deadline to get the work done.

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Entertainment Government Technology 

Developers Get Green Light to Modernize Historic Clock

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 AMANDA OTTAWAY
developers, electricity, history, landmarks, NYC

Sounding the death knell for one of the world’s last mechanical clocks, New York’s highest court signed off Thursday on a plan to electrify a timepiece in the former headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Co.

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Government 

Historic Building

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 BRIEF
history, landmarks, New Jersey

A federal judge dismissed the Camden County Historical Society’s lawsuit against New Jersey for demolishing the Revolutionary War-era Harrison House, because the National Historic Preservation Act does not allow for a private right of action.

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Arts Business Entertainment Government 

Landmark Activists Stumble at Hearing on NYC Clocktower

February 13, 2019February 14, 2019 NICK RUMMELL
construction, developers, landmarks, NYC, Real Estate

In a hearing over the preservation of a revered mechanical clock tower, several judges on New York’s high court worried Wednesday that “too many restrictions” could scare developers away from historic properties.

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Government International Politics 

Eiffel Tower to Be Closed as Paris Braces for More Protests

December 7, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
France, fuel, landmarks, museums, protests, Taxes, tourism

France was mobilizing tens of thousands of police officers and closing landmarks including the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre as authorities warned that anti-government protests on Saturday could be even more violent than the ones that have crippled the country for weeks.

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Arts Government Regional 

Split Decision in Bid to Save Landmark LA Times Buildings

November 27, 2018November 28, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
landmarks, Real Estate, The Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES (CN) – A portion of the Art Deco former headquarters of the Los Angeles Times inched closer to

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Regional 

Historic LA Times Building Wins Wrecking-Ball Reprieve

September 20, 2018September 21, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
construction, landmarks, Los Angeles

Officials in Los Angeles on Thursday recommended making the Art Deco former digs of the LA Times a cultural-historic landmark, putting a wrinkle into redevelopment plans by the building’s new owner.

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Arts Business Entertainment 

NYC Merchants House Rebukes Landmark Commission

August 8, 2018 EMILEE LARKIN
construction, developers, hotels, landmarks, NYC, tourism

Contesting plans to build a new hotel in the East Village, the nonprofit responsible for the Old Merchants House says in court that the development deal threatens “a veritable time capsule” of 19th century New York City life.

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Arts Business Entertainment 

Frick Renovation Plan Triggers Lawsuit, Protest

June 25, 2018June 26, 2018 JOSH RUSSELL
construction, eldStories, landmarks, museums, NYC, Real Estate

New plans for a $160 million renovation of the Frick triggered massive protests Monday, with preservationists claiming in court that the work would demolish the museum’s iconic music room and garden.

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Government Religion 

Unveiling New Religion Policy, US Goes to Bat for Jewish Group

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 NICK RUMMELL
judaism, Justice Department, landmarks, New Jersey, property, Real Estate, religious freedom, zoning

Announcing a new policy to protect religious groups from the biased application of municipal zoning and landmark laws, the Justice Department brought its first complaint under the initiative on behalf of a New Jersey congregation of Orthodox Jews.

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Criminal Regional 

Man Charged in Fire at California Historic Landmark

March 29, 2018March 30, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
arson, California, Fire, landmarks, national parks

Federal prosecutors have charged a 26-year-old man in connection to a small fire in Joshua Tree National Park that burned a historic California landmark this week.

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Arts Regional 

Demolition Plan for Historic Minnesota Home Riles Residents

March 15, 2018March 16, 2018 DIONNE CORDELL-WHITNEY
construction, developers, history, landmarks, Minnesota, Real Estate, zoning

A pair of historic preservation groups asked a judge Wednesday to block the demolition of a Victorian home in the St. Paul suburb Merriam Park that they say deserves landmark status.

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