Monday, December 20, 2010 By Len Barcousky, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A Washington County farm that has been operated by the same family for more than 200 years has been included on a list of 10 historic sites most at risk across Pennsylvania. Longwall coal mining could harm several historic buildings at Plantation Plenty in ... Read More
Monday, October 18, 2010 By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Friends of Old Economy Village will receive a $241,000 grant from the state of Pennsylvania to upgrade facilities, develop a marketing plan and hire education staff for tours at Old Economy Village in Ambridge, Beaver County. Sen. Elder Vogel Jr., who announced the ... Read More
Thursday, September 16, 2010
By Karen Kane, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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There's a saying in farm circles: Get big or get out. But some ... Read More
Eugene Matta PHLF News March 7, 2008 The Farm Survey of Greene and Washington Counties, managed by PHLF under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Historic Preservation (“BHP”), is about ninety percent complete. The survey contains a list of 1,150 farms and farmsteads from both counties and includes photographs and descriptions ... Read More
By Ron DaParma TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, December 16, 2007 The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation's latest newsletter provides an insight into the organization's efforts to protect and enhance historic farms. The situation with such farms in the state "is taking on a sense of urgency," according to the December edition of PHLF News, which identifies ... 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
Mark Bibro, Chair, announced today the formation by Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) of a new non-profit corporation to expand PHLF’s activities in neighborhood and urban revitalization. The Chief Executive Officer will be Howard B. Slaughter, Jr., and Arthur Ziegler will serve as president. The new non-profit, Landmarks Community Capital ... Read More
By Ron DaParma
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation is forming a new nonprofit corporation to expand its activities in neighborhood and urban revitalization.
Mark Bibro, chairman of the South Side-based preservationist organization, announced Monday the ... Read More
By Ron DaParma
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, September 9, 2007
The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation is best known for its preservation efforts of historic properties throughout Allegheny County.
However, the South Side-based agency has been extending its reach beyond its home county ... Read More
June 28, 2007 PHLF News Several years ago we worked with the South Fayette Township Board of Commissioners and Township Manager Mike Hoy to analyze what uses might be made of the historic 217 acres Boy’s Industrial Home of Western Pennsylvania. The home had closed and only one historic building remained, ... Read More
By Don Hopey,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Dozens of historic buildings and farms have fallen through the cracks in the southwestern Pennsylvania coalfields, but a planned survey may help the state produce a much-needed safety net.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission ... 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 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 Marjorie Wertz FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, November 20, 2005 Pennsylvania wants to make hay out of its historic barns. The state House and Senate recently passed a resolution to take inventory of Pennsylvania's historic barns and to use the list to promote agriculture and tourism. The inventory, conducted by the state Department of ... 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
By Patrick Ponticel Pittsburgh Post Gazette Wednesday, February 04, 2004 South Fayette officials want to take a decidedly careful approach to residential growth, saying they are well aware of what indiscriminate development can do to suburban farms and woodlands. That was evident at a special meeting recently about the old Boys Home property, a ... Read More
By Ron DaParma TRIBUNE-REVIEW REAL ESTATE WRITER Saturday, June 7, 2003 Some years ago, the state of Maryland provided about $12 million for a new road to help facilitate development of the Country Club Mall, a regional shopping complex built on a parcel of undeveloped land outside of the community of Cumberland. About two ... Read More
By Patrick Ponticell Pittsburgh Post Gazette Wednesday, April 23, 2003 South Fayette wants to be extra careful as one of the few Allegheny County municipalities retaining a largely rural character to balance the pros and cons of economic growth. It is pushing for industrial and commercial development via a tax-exemption strategy. But it also ... Read More
Pittsburgh, Pa. . . . . On December 11th, 40 farmers attended a meeting at Hidden Valley Farm arranged by the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation to discuss new and creative tools now available to help preserve Allegheny County farms. One of those tools included Landmarks’ Historic Rural Preservation Program, which offers ... Read More
We recently announced a rural preservation program and acquisition of Hidden Valley farm located in the Mars-Gibsonia area of the county by purchase from a charitable remainder trust established by Lucille Tooke to benefit Landmarks. Recently, we completed the sale of the property to a private owner after he agreed to ... Read More
We recently announced a rural preservation program and acquisition of Hidden Valley farm located in the Mars-Gibsonia area of the county by purchase from a charitable remainder trust established by Lucille Tooke to benefit Landmarks. Recently, we completed the sale of the property to a private owner after he agreed to ... Read More