"That's a Boucher" is a phrase often heard among architects,
photographers, and historians perusing the vast collection of
photography in the National Park Service archive of American
architecture, the Historic American Buildings Survey. more...

Honoring the Center of the American Farm Worker Movement.The rural California compound that served as the center of the American farmworkermovement— synonymous with legendary labor organizer César Chávez—has come to symbolize the struggle for reform in the agricultural industry during the 1960s, a struggle undertaken by marginalized migrant workers against great odds. more...

Preserving the fabric of time at the Eastman House Museum.For many years, a remarkable portrait of 19th century America has been preserved at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, the world’s oldest photography museum. more...

It is a monochromatic world of gable roofs, porticos, door knockers, and balustrades; of stairways, barn board, and cedar shingles; of the dense ornament of the early high-rise and the Spartan parlor of a frontier president.. more...

Who would have thought that the renovation of a courthouse entry pavilion—one of thousands across the nation—could cause somuch trouble?. more...

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong we may begin to use it with love and espect.” more...