Sunday, November 8, 2009

Week in Review

Scots laser scan World Monuments (NY Times)
Laser scanning team from Historic Scotland creates models of landmarks accurate to a fraction of a millimeter, heads to Mount Rushmore.

Dick Moe Retires from National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington Post)
After 16 years at the helm it's time for younger blood to enliven the Trust as Moe retires.

Massachusetts SHPO says Nantucket Sound may be Eligible for Listing in National Register, Delays Cape Wind (Boston Globe)
Nantucket Sound is eligibile because of its significance to Wampanoag tribes. Ruling could provide (another) setback for wind farm project.

Georgia Trust Releases 2010 "10 Places in Peril" List (GeorgiaTrust.org)
From a jail and a recording studio to a folk art fantasy and several school buildings.