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Preservation Magazine OnlineBy JoAnne Klimovich Harrop
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, September 13, 2009
If these lions could roar, they would have let out a big howl Saturday when they were moved from their perch of the past 138 years.
Pittsburgh's oldest bank — Dollar Bank on Fourth Avenue, ... Read More
By Jack Miller
PHLF News
August 4, 2009
Charles Evans Hunnell has donated a preservation and conservation easement to Landmarks that will protect his 136-acre farm located just west of Waynesburg, PA.
The easement ... Read More
By Rick Wills TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, April 20, 2009 The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation has received its largest donation of preservation easements ever — eight of the properties that make up Butler County's Historic Harmony. "These are the most historic buildings we have ever had an easement on. They represent part of the area's ... Read More
By Jack Miller PHLF News April 20, 2009 The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) has announced that Historic Harmony (HH) has donated preservation easements to PHLF that will ensure the preservation of eight historic HH properties located in Butler County. All of the protected properties are in Harmony Borough or Jackson Township in ... Read More
April 2, 2009 PHLF News Ohio-based Spruce Street Properties, Ltd. has donated a preservation easement to Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation on the exterior of The Carlyle, at Fourth Avenue and Wood Street that is being converted to luxury condominiums. A preservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement made between ... Read More
PREPARED TESTIMONY OF ANNE E. NELSON, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL PITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION BEFORE HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION, CITY OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC HEARING ON 200-210 FIFTH AVENUE; 438 & 440 MARKET STREET NOVEMER 5, 2008 As the future holder ... Read More
By Karen Zapf TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, October 27, 2008 A couple years ago when Christina Kozera and her family were looking for a place to build six condominiums, the small borough of Verona caught their attention. "We decided to build the condos on the (Allegheny) river," said Kozera, 56. "We have full access to the ... Read More
By Ron DaParma TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, September 8, 2008 A $300,000 grant is contributing to a revitalization of downtown Vandergrift. Three properties in the 100 block of Grant Avenue in the heart of the Westmoreland County community's business district are being restored with the help of the revolving loan fund grant provided in 2007 ... Read More
Offered by Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation
SOLD
Judith Harvey, a member ... Read More
By Bob Karlovits
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, July 19, 2008
It sits atop Fineview, peering over Downtown like one of the gargoyles that lurk through the house.
Jack Miller from the Pittsburgh History & ... Read More
Friday, July 04, 2008 By Patricia Lowry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette... Read More
PREPARED TESTIMONY OF ANNE E. NELSON, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL PITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION BEFORE HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION, CITY OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC HEARING ON MARKET SQUARE REDESIGN JULY 2, 2008 Landmarks is investing $3.5 million to restore four historic buildings in ... Read More
Landmarks recently revised its Easement Policy in accordance with the Land Trust Alliance’s Standards and Practices, as recommended by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Standards and Practices are “ethical and technical guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust.” Landmarks holds easements on a variety ... Read More
By Ron DaParma TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, April 28, 2008 The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation is tackling another building rescue project in Market Square, with the aim to further a transformation already under way in the historic Downtown public square.The South Side preservationist organization announced today it will take on ... Read More
By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Monday, April 28, 2008 The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation has joined forces with N&P Properties to control the development of almost a block of buildings on Market Street, between Fifth Avenue and Market Square, Downtown. Two five-story buildings in that block are ... Read More
By Bill Zlatos TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, April 17, 2008 Following a blueprint he used to help create Station Square and improve the North Side, philanthropist Dick Scaife pledged $500,000 Wednesday to restore old homes and revitalize Wilkinsburg."We hope to show that Wilkinsburg is a good place to live, attractive to ... Read More
PHLF News March 7, 2008 We announced several months ago that we have acquired the Roberts House in Canonsburg, a rare Victorian structure in the Georgian Manor, exceedingly important in Western Pennsylvania. We are acting as interim owners with the ultimate goal of transferring it to the newly formed Canonsburg Cultural Trust ... Read More
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The owner of the Clark Bar and Grill on the North Side and Caffe Amante, Downtown, plans to open a restaurant and cigar and wine bar as part of the Cork Factory development in the Strip District. The restaurant is one of two businesses ... Read More
By Michael Aubele VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Sunday, December 2, 2007 Butler County farmer Ed Thiele said he has no regrets about enlisting in the state's Farmland Preservation program. "I've had a lot of people tell me I was foolish for doing it," he said. "But I did it to preserve the ground. We ... Read More
By Bob Stiles TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, December 2, 2007 Levi Miller's straw hat and long, white beard moved from side to side as he shook his head at the notion of the Amish accepting government money to preserve farmland. "I don't think any of our people would go for that," said Miller, 80, of ... Read More
By Michael Aubele VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Sunday, December 2, 2007 Pennsylvania's Farmland Preservation program arguably is the leading program of its kind in the country in terms of money spent on protecting land and acres acquired. Since creating the program in 1988, the state has invested roughly $1 billion in purchasing development rights ... Read More
By Rick Starr
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, September 30, 2007
The Bedford Springs Resort Old Course has been rejuvenated.
The classic 18-hole golf course re-opened in July as part of a $120 million renovation of the links and the 216-room resort and spa ... Read More
By William Loeffler
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Even the U.S. presidents who stayed here didn't have it this good.
During its 200-year history, the Bedford Springs Resort has played host to Presidents James K. Polk, William Taft and Dwight D. ... Read More
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato announced at a press conference in Swissvale yesterday the initiation of a large-scale Allegheny County Main Streets program. Four pilot communities will be involved: Swissvale, Elizabeth, Tarentum, and Stowe. Landmarks has been designated to operate the program in conjunction with the ... Read More
By Jack Markowitz
FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, September 9, 2007
They're using the word "miracle" around Bedford these days.
It's a nod to the revival -- after 22 years of near-death experience -- of the Bedford Springs Resort, the venerable vacation ... Read More
By Rick Starr
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Many golf courses would be proud to claim either Donald Ross or A.W. Tillinghast as its designer. Bedford Springs Resort Old Course displays the work of both architects from the "Golden ... Read More
Sunday, June 17, 2007
By Marylynne Pitz,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
BEDFORD -- Here at the lush Bedford Springs Resort, the Allegheny Mountains echo with the sounds of hammers, drills and buzzing saws. This cacophony of power tools is punctuated by regular grunts from an ... Read More
The Pittsburgh area landscape is dotted with architectural landmarks that reflect the character of the people who built this community. We’re familiar with Richardson’s Courthouse, Hornbostel’s Rodef Shalom Synagogue and Wright’s Fallingwater. Yet, nestled among century-old houses near Chatham College on Woodland Road is a structural contradiction so magnificent in ... Read More
Abandoned years ago, the Crescent Apartments, and the smaller Wilson apartment building nearby, are “key to the revitalization of the area,” as determined by the Wilkinsburg Neighborhood Transformation Initiative Plan and community groups. Allegheny County recently acquired the apartment buildings and is working with Landmarks to create a development plan ... Read More
PHLF News October 31, 2006 "Preservation In Pittsburgh" Keynote address of Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. at the 2006 National Preservation Conference held in Pittsburgh, PA, October 31, 2006 Read More
While Landmarks has gained national attention using planned gifts like easements to enable historic buildings to be adapted and reborn, our greatest satisfaction comes from helping people of all demographics support our mission and their families. Consider Clare and Duncan Horner. Nearly three decades ago, the couple purchased a run-down ... Read More
By Ron DaParma TRIBUNE-REVIEW REAL ESTATE WRITER Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation is playing a key role in a $90 million renovation and expansion of the historic Bedford Springs Hotel in Bedford County. The preservationist organization on Pittsburgh's South Side, which for more than 15 years has been concerned about ... Read More
By Patricia Lowry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tuesday, March 07, 2006 Farmer Ron Beinlich, who grows berries, peaches, pumpkins and other fruits and vegetables on his Triple B Farms near Monongahela, has been watching family farms disappear all of his life. "Every farm in Allegheny County is under some development pressure," he told a nearly ... Read More
By Ron DaParma TRIBUNE-REVIEW REAL ESTATE WRITER Sunday, December 12, 2004 Jack Miller remembers well the day in 2000 when he met Lucille Tooke on her family farm in Pine. Tooke stopped the tractor she was riding and in the subsequent conversation she eventually told Miller, "I think God sent you to me." "Talk ... Read More
Preservation Easement Program Land Trust Alliance, Exchange Article - Volume 23, No. 1, Winter 2004 The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation ("Landmarks") in Pennsylvania merged preservation and planned giving in one innovative transaction that began in 2001 with the creation of a charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT) that named Landmarks as its sole, ... Read More