Archive for September, 2009

St. Croix River – History in the News

September 23, 2009 The history of the St. Croix River is in the news this week. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported this morning that an organization called Friends of the St. Croix Boom Site is urging the state Department of Natural Resources to transfer ownership of the property to the National Park Service. The St. [...]

Window Talk

by Erin Hanafin Berg, Field Representative September 9, 2009 I gave a presentation yesterday to members of Linden Hills Power & Light about historic wood windows. Windows is one of the categorical, statewide listings on the Alliance’s 10 Most Endangered Historic Places list for 2009. I’m sure that listing had a few people scratching their [...]

Rural Diversity

by Erin Hanafin Berg, Field Representative September 4, 2009 “Rural diversity” sounds, at first, like an oxymoron. Randy Parry, president of the Rural Learning Center in Howard, South Dakota, pointed out that urban and suburban areas across the U.S. are looking more and more alike, both in their physical and demographic make-up. It is the [...]

Link of the Week – Sept. 3, 2009

Stimulus Dollars to Fill 3 Historic St. Paul Buildings in yesterday’s issue of Finance and Commerce. The National Trust for Historic Preservation provided a planning grant for the Renaissance Box project. And this article illustrates the multiplier effect quite well.