Archive for September 2015

The core mission for the Nevada Preservation Foundation has been to work with neighborhoods as well as a residential and commercial property owners to obtain historic designations. These designations could be at the city, county, state, or federal levels. Over the past year and a half since the organization’s start, we have been working with…

Over the past several years, the city of Las Vegas has conducted several residential surveys, inventorying its stock of Post-World War II (WWII) neighborhoods that might be eligible for historic designation. These surveys focus on the quality and integrity of the homes found in different neighborhoods as well as dive into the history of the…

If you haven’t gone yet make this the week that you go to see the Modernism at Risk exhibit at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas. This ominous-sounding exhibit highlights the work being done by the World Monuments Fund (“WMF”), through its Modernism at Risk initiative. This program was founded in 2006 to address the…