The world's largest private map collection to be donated to Stanford University
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The “guardians of the gate” at Prospect Park
Prospect Park in Brooklyn is one of the most fully realized of Frederick Law Olmsted’s landscape design principles. This 585-acre park...
New large-scale sculpture planned for Hudson Yards development
Development underway in New York City above the Hudson Rail Yards will bring additional retail, residential, and office space to the west...
From New York’s High Line to Atlanta’s Beltline
Much of the historic city of Atlanta was greatly destroyed by fire during the American Civil War, but shortly after the war Atlanta...
From Chicago to Santa Monica, Route 66 still leads the way
U.S. Route 66 was one of the first highways in America, first established in 1926. Beginning in Chicago, Illinois and terminating in...
Seeking National Park status for Forts Sumter and Moultrie
Forts that were important during both the American Revolution and the US Civil War stand guard in the harbor across from the historic...
Open Parks Network now online
During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps employed some 3 million young men in a public relief program dedicated to...
The Antiquities Act under President Obama
The passage of the Antiquities Act of 1906 provided US presidents with unprecedented powers to designate vast areas of land that...
Joara—“one of the largest Native American towns in western North Carolina”
Archaeologists working in western North Carolina are exploring an important Native American village, the residents of which successfully...
From L’Enfant to McMillan to today—the National Mall in Washington DC
The French engineer hired by President George Washington to design the new nation’s capital had the idea for a “mall” as a grand avenue....