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An Activist Walking Guide to Philadelphia's Chinatown
A walking tour during NPC23 illustrates the opportunities and challenges facing Philadelphia's Chinatown. -
Restoring Pueblo Housing and Rebuilding Community Value
Equity in Practice: Owe'neh Bupingeh Preservation plan guides housing improvements according to cultural values. -
Elevating Community Stories Through Historic Contexts
Equity in Practice: Los Angeles City Planning's Office of Historic Resources (OHR) has prepared a series of ground-breaking historic contexts to help make historic planning initiatives more equitable. -
April 1, 2022
Addressing Small Town Needs With Preservation Planning
APA’s Urban Design & Preservation Division brought planning skills to the Town of Center, Colorado, in a pilot program called the Design-Preservation Rapid Assistance Team (D-PRAT). -
November 11, 2021
Determining Success of Montgomery County's Transfer Development Rights Program
Uncovering JAPA: By exploring the outcomes of Montgomery County, Maryland's, transfer development rights program, author Li Fang provides a strong case for adjusting the standard practices around TDR program evaluations. -
August 26, 2021
How Does Historic Preservation Show Up in Comprehensive Planning Documents?
Uncovering JAPA: Understanding the intersection of planning and historic preservation in comprehensive planning documents in Portland's historically-Black Albina neighborhood. -
LGBTQ Communities and Historic Preservation
Uncovering JAPA: What do quantitative methods reveal about LGBTQ neighborhood development and historic preservation? -
Research That Retrieves Lost Memories of Place
Uncovering JAPA: Engaging community members in storytelling can reveal forgotten heritage and draw new maps of the past. -
November 21, 2017
For Better Tax Reform, Learn from History
If tax reform is intended to spur economic growth and investment, it should retain historic tax credits (HTCs) — an incentive for boosting private investment in the rehabilitation of old buildings. -
Mayor Buckhorn: Parks Add Tremendous Value to Life in Tampa
Mayor Bob Buckhorn of Tampa, Florida, explains why parks are so important to his growing city. -
June 17, 2016
Historic Preservation District Authority Under Threat in State Legislatures
Historic preservation district authority is threatened by state legislation that focuses on funding and the freedom of property owners to alter their property. -
March 30, 2016
Conflict and Convergence Between Historic Preservation and City Planning
Conflict is perhaps endemic to the preservation process in which the goals of city planners and historic preservationists are not always the same. -
March 24, 2016
City Planning and Historic Preservation: Friendly Enemies?
The Spring 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) examines the legacy of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
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