Over the past fifty years, hundreds of municipalities across the country have enacted historic
preservation laws—ordinances that regulate the alteration and demolition of buildings …

Preservation of historic resources allows society to maintain its cultural identity for future
generations by providing a link to its past. In this comment, the author analyzes the federal …

Governments are increasingly aware of the impact of poor quality regulation. To guard
against the introduction of unnecessary regulation and improve the quality of existing and …

2 often used when referring to the city's preservation program. Austin's program permanently
exempts historic properties from most local taxes at a cost of $4.2 million per year. Several …

Historic preservation efforts typically invite controversy, especially in high-cost cities.
Advocates of preservation loudly trumpet the benefits of protecting the historic assets of a …

Preservation of America's built environment is an important, and costly, endeavor. Federal
law provides various incentives to encourage preservation and to help defray the cost. The …

Historic preservation and the law have been surprising but comfortable bedfellows for well
over a century. When the words “historic preservation” are pronounced, however, visions of …

While the focal point of this conference is the protection of the natural environment, we in the
United States have come to recognize as well the importance of preserving the built …

The starting point is the perception that the preservation of these historic properties can play
a part in forming an economic development strategy. This means that techniques and …

Neighborhood conservation has recently become a major approach to planning in many
large cities and small towns. 1 Conservation may range from preservation of the status quo …