The city hall building in Springfield, Mo., is undergoing major renovations for the next couple of years to make it more accessible and functional while also restoring its historic architectural elements. This project has been years in the making. The … Continue reading →
Many people remember watching holiday parades on TV on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Maybe they still do. Well, there’s a parade to end all parades that some people have not heard of before. It is streamed … Continue reading →
When Mayor Joe Harris Jr. was elected in 2021, he promised that Osceola, Ark., would become an ideal place to live, work and play. As part of that pledge, the historic Florida Park has been given a whole lot of … Continue reading →
While Cape May, N.J., may have started its reign as a seaside resort more than 200 years ago, it has continued to keep pace with the times and tastes of 21st-century visitors. Situated at the southern tip of New Jersey, … Continue reading →
An historic city hall building in New Bern, N.C., recently became more accessible because of a new elevator annex that was constructed with an eye toward taking nothing away from the historic majesty of the building. New Bern City Hall … Continue reading →
History, civic pride and modern engineering all culminated in restoring the nearly 100-year-old Millpond Bridge in Ozark, Mo. Nestled by the Finley River, Ozark is a testament to the balance between preserving the past and embracing the future. According to … Continue reading →
Downtown North Platte, Nebraska has completed its facelift that is literally topped off by PRIZM Lighting’s Pixel Dot RGBW with 12-inch spacing and a touch screen controller from American Lighting. The three-year renovation project includes updates to the 100-year-old main … Continue reading →
Most municipalities are familiar with the concept of saving historic downtown buildings, preserving architectural history for generations to come. These types of projects are often complex and bring together multiple partners to revive older buildings for new uses. Such was … Continue reading →
Downtown Asheville, N.C., has a striking landscape that consists of numerous historic structures, quite notably the Asheville City Building. With repair work that began in early 2021, the massive, colorful Art Deco-style building is currently undergoing a facelift of sorts … Continue reading →
His family called him “Al.” His teachers called him “too stupid to learn anything.” But through a lifetime of stratospheric curiosity, unrelenting inventiveness and an unrivaled work ethic, Thomas Alva Edison has earned the invariable honorific uttered even now across … Continue reading →
But for one of its residents who became world famous, the Dyess Colony in Arkansas might have been relegated to the dust heap of history along with other Depression era government-planned resettlement communities. The colony, now the town of Dyess, … Continue reading →
