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11:17, 27-Jun-2018
Route 66, Larimer Square on National Trust’s endangered list
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10:29, 30-Jun-2018
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Route 66, Denver’s Larimer Square and school buildings in Los Angeles are on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2018 list of America’s 11 most endangered historic places.
The annual list highlights architectural and cultural sites that the National Trust deems at risk from development or neglect.
The list can mobilize support and funding for preservation. But listings can also be controversial. Saving neglected historic properties is expensive, and when the National Trust advocates halting proposals to develop a site, local residents and officials may disagree, citing a need for modernization or economic growth.
Still, of the nearly 300 places that the National Trust has identified since the list was launched 31 years ago, the private nonprofit organization says fewer than five percent have been lost.
Source(s): AP