I thought I would start a thread on preservation and adaptive reuse projects, partially as a way to update on projects that fall under that category but also as a way to avoid going too far off-topic on other threads that discuss specific projects.
Here's a link to the City of Sacramento's Preservation project list:
http://www.cityofsacramento.org/dsd/.../project-list/
And to the Preservation Commission's hearing schedule and minutes:
http://www.cityofsacramento.org/dsd/...ervation/2007/
As mentioned elsewhere, historic preservation can mean maintenance and restoration of existing historic structures, adaptive reuse of a structure, or restoration of other sorts of artifacts like vehicles or even things like sidewalks and street surfaces. It can apply to whole neighborhoods, or to individual structures.
As to why I think this belongs on a forum like Skyscraperpage.com, here are some words by a real estate developer, Donovan Rypkema:
http://hmturnerfoundation.org/html/artsmartgrow.html
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