This book relates America's entire preservation story through stunning contemporary photographs and captivating historic views of 102 sites, two in each state and the District of Columbia. A wide range of glorious restorations are captured in color--from recognizable and grand spaces to small and intimate places, all restored since the 1980s. An informative introduction explains why these and numerous other sites and locations have been restored as well as the forces that have contributed to recent U.S. preservation.

America Restored

Arts & Photography

Landphair, Ted

Highsmith, Carol M.

Architecture

wiley

This is a hardcover pictorial featuring the gorgeous and historic parks of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. : parks and history, a picture memory

History

Americas

Parks & History Associaction

Embassies of Washington

Book by Highsmith, Carol M., Landphair, Ted

Preservation Pr

Preservation Press

Hulking old train stations hold a nostalgic fascination for Americans, but no other turn-of-the-century depot can match the grip of the 1893 Reading Terminal on Philadelphians' hearts. The second part of the terminal's full name, the Reading Terminal and Market explains it, cor the Reading is treasured not just for wartime bustle, happy trips remembered, or the romantic steam and electric equipment that rolled into the 12th &amp; Market station in halcyon times. For the massive Reading head-house office building and soaring train shed have sheltered an epicure's delight - a teeming marketplace that epitomizes the personal, neighborhood character of the nation's fifth-largest city. In "Reading Terminal and Market" Philadelphia's Historic Gateway and Grand Convention Center", Carol M. Highsmith and James L. Holton have frozen great memories in time. In rich text, mesmerizing historic photography, and fulsome photographs of the terminal reborn as southeastern Pennsylvania's stunning convention center, Highsmith and Holton capture the gritty story of a never-say-die landmark.

Reading Terminal and Market: Philadelphia's Historic Gateway and Grand Convention Center

Chelsea Publishing

With fascinating anecdotes and a hundred photographs, Union Station: A History of Washington's Grand Terminal tells the story of the rise and fall and now the dazzling transformation of the capital's monument to transportation. The stations that came before it, the pleasures--and a few disasters--of train travel, the lives of railroad men, the haute monde and the hoi polloi who stepped through the portals are all here in Ted Landphair's engaging tale of life on the fast tracks. Historic photographs give glimpse back into time, to 1907, when Union Station opened, and the years afterward when the railroads were still king. Carol Highsmith's stunning color photographs trace the meticulous restoration and show the landmark today, in its reincarnation as a gathering place for residents and newcomers alike.

Union Station: A history of Washington's grand terminal

Union Station Venture

Houston : Deep in the Heart

Photography & Video

Houston International Protocol

Surveys the history of the Library of Congress and describes its structure and function

Library of Congress: America's Memory

Fulcrum+ Publishing

Pennsylvania Avenue: America's Main Street

Aia Pr

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