The American Story With over a quarter million images representing more than 30,000 sites and structures, the Historic American Buildings Survey’s collection at the Library of Congress is an unequalled repository of the nation’s history, a treasure from its beginnings during the Great Depression.. more... |
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New Deal for Parks Civilian Conservation Corps Celebrates its 75th anniversary. It's a sunny spring day in Virginia's Prince William Forest Park, a log cabin filled with a dozen
or so radios from the 1920s and ‘30s, one of them a build-it-yourself crystal set. more... |
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Richard Nickel's Last Stand on the Frontier of Urban RenewalThe bulldozers started rolling shortly after World War II. Victory brought the dawn of a limitless future, and America plunged headlong into the American century. more... |
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75 Years The Historic American Buildings SurveyIn the never-ending drive toward cultural ubiquity-with a coffee
franchise on every corner and a numbing sameness to our built environment—places such as Natchitoches, Louisiana are rare. more... |
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Rooftop ReverieLooking at the aluminum and glass
façade of Oakland’s Henry J. Kaiser
Building, one would never suspect
that it hides the little woodland
retreat pictured here. more... |