#FavoritePAPlaces: Easton Main Street Initiative’s Kim Kmetz
Pennsylvania’s communities are filled with special and meaningful historic places and spaces that add value to our lives and offer comfort and stability during these challenging times. Now more than...
View Article#FavoritePAPlaces: PA SHPO’s Andrea MacDonald
Pennsylvania’s communities are filled with special and meaningful historic places and spaces that add value to our lives and offer comfort and stability during these challenging times. Now more than...
View ArticleHollidaysburg’s Canal Era Houses
With the help of the federal and state historic tax credits, a local team gives the 1847 Canal Houses 1 & 2 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County a third lease on life as retail and commercial space in...
View ArticleSupport Preservation in Pennsylvania by being counted in the 2020 Census
No doubt about it – there is a lot going on this year. I don’t need to elaborate here about the many ways each and every one of us have had our lives turned around, upside down, or inside out over the...
View ArticleDesigning for Distance in Pennsylvania’s Historic Communities
To say that COVID-19 changed things about away we live our lives would be the understatement of the century. Virtually everything about the ways in which we live, work, learn, recreate, shop –...
View ArticleWelcome, Sewickley! One of Pennsylvania’s New CLGs
The PA SHPO is excited to announce the Borough of Sewickley in Allegheny County has become one of the newest members of Pennsylvania’s Certified Local Government program. There are now 48 CLGs in the...
View ArticlePreservation Planning in Beaver Borough
Beaver is a lovely community located on the Ohio River bluffs nearly directly across the river from the Shell petrochemical plant. Beaver boasts a large National Register of Historic Places historic...
View ArticleCelebrating Preservation Month with the 2021 Community Initiative Award Winners
What better time of year than National Historic Preservation Month to announce the latest round of PA SHPO’s Community Initiative Award winners. This year’s projects and recipients showcase a range of...
View ArticleCelebrating Wilkes-Barre’s Walkitecture Tour
We conclude our Preservation Month celebration of the 2021 Community Initiative Award winners in the Diamond City. Many may not think the intersection of public health and historic preservation is...
View ArticleBe a Part of Discovering and Celebrating the Humanities in Pennsylvania
PA Humanities and Drexel University have launched the PA Humanities Discovery Project, an effort to map, network, and celebrate Pennsylvania’s wonderfully rich humanities landscape to build a more...
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