Parks and Recreation Re-Enact A Historic Preservation Win
The Grizzl arc from Parks and Recreation is a remarkable example of a historic preservation win-win situation, where not only is parkland preserved, but adaptive reuse becomes part of the solution and a legacy business is saved from an unfeeling developer.
Up (2009): Stubborn Developers and Stubborn Old People
We all have a past. We all have ties to places - whether emotionally, financially, or both. There is a reason why preservationists can be stubborn or get angry. It’s not so much because they want to be, and far more because they are trying to protect a place that matters deeply to them.