historic preservation

Dawn Federico of the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico, talks about how she came to own the iconic motel, and what goes into maintaining a historic buidling.

New Hampshire’s country stores were once community mainstays that might have been the only place for miles to buy basic necessities and chat with neighbors. Now they’re adapting to survive.

“You can almost hear the space wanting to be active,” said Dana Wnuk, executive director of the Livingston Arts Council.

Fewer than two decades after it was awarded, UNESCO revoked Liverpool’s World Heritage designation. Now, city officials and economists look to find ways to preserve history while striving for economic prosperity.

'We're not about … turning everything into a museum,' says Stephanie Meeks of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.