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Has the time come for the Adirondack Park to be “inspirational, educational, recreational, ecological and economically sustainable?” If so, what has changed in local and state politics to allow for such a transformation. Paul Bray explains how a contested landscape is now becoming collaborative.

How can cities get creative in planning a future that draws on the past as well as new and emerging approaches to fundraising like crowdsourcing? Thoughts on how communities in New York State are approaching these questions and challenges.

A remembrance of J.B. Jackson, among the most influential thinkers and writers on landscape in the 20 century.

This piece by Peter Stott, originally published in the George Wright forum journal, provides a strong case for the United States’ participation in the World Heritage Convention.

Learn more about this month’s featured landscape, the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.

Has the time come for the Adirondack Park to be “inspirational, educational, recreational, ecological and economically sustainable?” If so, what has changed in local and state politics to allow for such a transformation. Paul Bray explains how a contested landscape is now becoming collaborative.

How can cities get creative in planning a future that draws on the past as well as new and emerging approaches to fundraising like crowdsourcing? Thoughts on how communities in New York State are approaching these questions and challenges.

A remembrance of J.B. Jackson, among the most influential thinkers and writers on landscape in the 20 century.

This piece by Peter Stott, originally published in the George Wright forum journal, provides a strong case for the United States’ participation in the World Heritage Convention.

Learn more about this month’s featured landscape, the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.