Plus, Oregon’s King of Roads takes the scenic route to revival.
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California Dreamin’ at Lincoln Place Apartments

It’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to demolish Lincoln Place, a collection of 1950s buildings with bold geometric forms and wide-open spaces just a mile and a half from the beach.

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Tell the Full Story. Take the Pledge.

From the homes of icons such as Nina Simone and Pauli Murray, to Green Book sites like the A.G. Gaston Motel, join us in protecting and restoring places where significant African American history happened.

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A Storied LA Club for Black Women Looks to the Future

The historic West Adams District was once home to many African American celebrities of the day. At the same time, members of the Wilfandel Club—51 resourceful and upwardly mobile African American women who were challenging assumptions about black Los Angeles—would take their run of a stately house at 3425 West Adams.

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Oregon’s King of Roads Takes the Scenic Route to Revival

In 1916, the Columbia River Highway in Oregon was dedicated as the nation’s first planned scenic roadway. Known then as the King of Roads, it became a forerunner for the All-Year Highway in Yosemite National Park and Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road.

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One Photographer’s Dash to Document Every Diner in New York

When photographer Riley Arthur observed in 2016 that NYC diners were closing at a rapid pace, she made it her mission to try and document them all before they disappeared.

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