Fort Lauderdale Ponders Preserving Its Past

The cycle repeats itself: a bulldozer shows up at a historic property; preservation activists protest; the historic structure is demolished anyway.

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April 24, 2003, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Tired of slowly losing every shred of Fort Lauderdale history, city and historic leaders sat down on April 22nd to do something about it. In a gloomy budget year, they agreed they want to hire at least one person as a step toward building a Historic Preservation Department. They also want to consider incentives like tax breaks, grants, transfer of development rights and other ways to make the financial bottom line for historic preservation and restoration more favorable.

Thanks to Sheryl Stolzenberg

FULL STORY: Fort Lauderdale considers ways to protect past from developers

Wednesday, April 23, 2003 in Sun-Sentinel

History / Preservation Florida

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