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Announcing: Adventures in Preservation Historic Building Photo Contest!
Do you have a historic building that is more than just walls and a roof to you? Maybe you’ve spent your life with it and know it floor to ceiling, or maybe you’ve only seen it in passing but are … Continue reading
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Haitian tragedy highlights traditional treasures
Haiti’s 2010 earthquake lasted only 30 seconds but proved so disastrous the country’s loss cannot be measured. While the rubble of destruction and tragedy still litters Haitian landscape and memory, some surprising victors stand stylishly among the collapsed concrete: Gingerbread … Continue reading
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Historic Buildings: Foundations of a Society
By Susie Trexler There is a choreography to life that informs and affects our surroundings. Both man-made and natural environments are built and molded around our lifestyles. Landscapes reflect their use with the worn precision of grooves in an old … Continue reading
Window Glazing in Gloucester, VA
On May 22nd, happy to leave a week and a half of New England’s straight rain and gray, I hopped a plane to Virginia for my first AiP trip and my first historic preservation experience ever: a week-long window restoration … Continue reading
Getting to Know Gjirokastra
When I started doing a bit of background research and learning about Gjirokastra, I was amazed to find such a gem. Continue reading
Borders, Shmorders
In this season of Thanksgiving, it seems appropriate to recognize and thank the people who volunteer in other countries, often in challenging and downright risky conditions. To the people who join these organizations, this kind of work is more than a volunteer vacation, it is their calling. Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Cori!
The people behind any organization are what make it a success, and I think it’s important to recognize those who work so hard on our behalf. We’d therefore like to wish our wonderful web designer a happy birthday today! With … Continue reading
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Discovering a Masonry Tradition
Volunteers restoring a stone oven at AiP’s historic preservation project in Slovenia stumbled upon an old tradition, making the last day of the project quite exciting. Continue reading
We’re Having a Contest!
Subscribe to AiP’s newsletter, Destination: Preservation, and have a chance to win a Built Fliptop camera case from our friends at Peace Frogs Travel Outfitters. Continue reading
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Hello world!
Welcome to Preservation Journey, Adventures in Preservation’s new blog. Hope you like it. Please comment on our posts and let us know what you’d like to see us write about!
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