Restoring A Sense Of Community Connecting historic preservation and environmental sustainability makes good sense. The greenest building, says one expert, is the one that already exists. Jerry Grillo Preservation Leaders: Sheffield Hale, trustee, left, and Mark McDonald, president and CEO of The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, at Atlanta’s Rhodes Hall Adam Komich A waxing Read More

Fox Theatre Wins 2011 Outstanding Historic Theatre Award The League of Historic American Theatres, Inc., celebrating excellence in the preservation, restoration and sustainable operation of historic theatres throughout North America, presented its 2011 Outstanding Historic Theatre Award to Fox Theatre/Atlanta Landmarks, Inc. in Atlanta, GA and its 2011 Outstanding Individual Contribution Award to Jeff Greene, Read More

Fox Theatre Visits the Mars Historic theatre’s institute discusses opportunities newseffinghamheraldnet July 11, 2011 Representatives from the Fox Theatre Institute in Atlanta met with Gussie Nease, part of the effort to restore Springfield’s Mars Theatre, on July 4. Adina Alford Erwin, assistant general manager, and FTI Read More

Fendig Signs to Restore Ritz Icon By Pamela Permar Shierling Last week Fendig Signs carefully removed the Ritz sign from the building and transported it back to their shop for restoration. According to Heather Heath, Executive Director of Golden Isles Arts and Humanities (GIAHA), the refurbishment is expected to take two to three months. The Read More

Acts of Culture: The Fox The Fox takes its know-how on the road Christine Van Dusen 3/1/2011 In 2009, an eighty-three-year-old pipe organ was sitting in an Illinois attic belonging to John Near’s parents—a bit of a miracle, given that the instrument’s thirteen-ton weight should have sent it crashing to the basement. Near had owned Read More