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Historic preservation
Economics and history collide as UNESCO revokes Liverpool's World Heritage status
by
Victoria Craig
and Stephen Ryan
Aug 23, 2021
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.
A look at a tax credit that saves historic buildings and revitalizes them
Feb 14, 2018
A tax credit that has helped to revitalize historic buildings across the U.S. was almost eliminated during the recent tax overhaul. But advocates for the tax credit pointed out that every congressional district has at least one historic tax credit project. Nationwide, more than 1,000 projects took advantage of this credit in 2017.
When historic buildings make economic sense
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Bridget Bodnar
May 1, 2017
'We're not about ... turning everything into a museum,' says Stephanie Meeks of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.