The Historic Districts Council will host their 19th Annual Preservation Conference, Preservation Now! Today’s Victories, Losses and Ongoing Battles, on March 1-3, 2013. I will participate on the “Preservation Campaigns and Neighborhoods” panel on March 2nd, 11:30am – 1:00pm. I will use numbers and statistics to present the changes of several historic Brooklyn neighborhoods and [...]
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HDC – 19th Annual Preservation Conference
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