Plus, take a virtual road trip to neighborhoods around the country that celebrate Black excellence.
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Community Spirit: The Winners of the
2020 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
National Preservation Awards

The winners of this year’s National Preservation Awards revitalized historic spaces in Memphis, Tennessee; Boston; and New York City in response to the needs of their community. Uncover how three organizations transformed buildings from the past into landmarks for the future.

THE WINNERS

9 Historic Black Neighborhoods That
Celebrate Black Excellence

During the Jim Crow era, Black neighborhoods provided a sense of belonging for their community and a place where were Black entrepreneurship could thrive. Discover nine “Black Wall Streets” across the country where African American business districts flourished and served as examples of Black economic self-empowerment.

EXPLORE

Artist’s Restored San Francisco Home
Reveals Art of the Everyday

It was early 2008, and a battleship-gray Italianate house in San Francisco’s Mission District was about to be put up for sale. The artist David Ireland had owned it for 33 years, transforming it from an accordion-maker’s home and workshop into a celebrated work of lived-in sculpture. Look inside and read how preservationists lovingly restored this ode to the artist.

Hinchliffe Stadium’s Comeback is a Home Run

After decades of disrepair, Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, will begin its long-anticipated rehabilitation this fall. The former Negro League baseball stadium hopes to be the cultural and social heart of the city. Learn how the restoration project plans to knock it out of the park.

LEARN MORE

Saving Historic Houses of Worship:
Congregation Beth Ahabah

A cornerstone of Richmond, Virginia’s Jewish community, Congregation Beth Ahabah is one of the sites that received funding for its restoration from a National Fund for Sacred Places grant. Built in 1904, the Neo-Classical-styled synagogue was recently revamped to 21st-century standards. Discover how the temple’s rehabilitation helped bring the community together.

DISCOVER