Q:     My beautiful historic building is deteriorating very rapidly. No boards nor managements did anything to stop this devastation, except to impose a special assessments which we are still paying but nothing has been done. Whenever I asked why ...

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Here in the mid-Atlantic, we have Jamestown. Williamsburg. New Bern. Sir Walter Raleigh. Croatan. These are places and figures that date back to the 1600s. From time to time, you’ll hear of someone wanting to raze a historic building or ...

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With scientists forecasting sea levels to rise by anywhere from several inches to several feet by 2100, historic structures and coastal heritage sites around the world are under threat. Some sites and artifacts could become submerged. Scientists, historic preservationists, architects ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A couple who has fought for years to build a modern house in a historic Southern neighborhood won the latest round in a legal battle that has drawn national attention. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ...

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CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to grant the Louise Cotton Mill a historic designation, which allows a developer to begin a revitalization project to bring multifamily to the Plaza Midwood site. Richmond, Va.-based Clachan ...

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LOS ALTOS, Calif.  — The Silicon Valley home where Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs grew up and built some of his first computers is now on the city’s list of historic properties. The historical commission in the city of Los ...

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Charlotte City Council will consider whether or not to grant Hawthorne Mill a historic designation.

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