Preservation Links
10,000 Friends is an alliance of organizations and individuals committed to enhancing the quality of life for all Pennsylvanians by promoting policies and actions that will revitalize and sustain the social and economic well-being of Pennsylvania's diverse urban, suburban, and rural communities, foster responsible land use, and conserve natural, heritage, and fiscal resources.
Entity responsible for the restoration of the Ambler Theater in Ambler, Pennsylvania.
The Museum is organized for the purpose of preserving, archiving and displaying a historical collection of signs in their many types and forms. It will also document and survey the products and equipment utilized in the design and manufacture of signs, and offer biographical information of the people who made and comprise the industry.
The Archbury Foundation is excited and very proud to announce the Fegely's Reading Diner Preservation Project. The goal of which is to save the diner, relocate it somewhere in Berks County, and open it as an historic diner museum attraction for residents and visitors alike to enjoy.
Launched in December 2000, Cinema Treasures is a groundbreaking website devoted to movie theater preservation and awareness. Utilizing the community-building capabilities of the Internet, Cinema Treasures unites movie theater owners and enthusiasts in a common cause—to save the last remaining movie palaces across the country.
DAFE is a not-for-profit organization, staffed by volunteers, devoted to those attractions related to the darkride and funhouse. Some of the attractions we intend to explore will include- funhouses, walk-throughs, darkrides, glass houses, mazes, old mills, Noah’s Arks, mystery shacks (tilted houses), and haunted swings.
Swell guide to what it says. Lots of history, photos, and other observations pertaining to this aspect of our roadside-related past.
The Fox Theater on Telegraph at 18th Street was open during the years 1928 to 1965. For almost forty years, it was a critical aspect of Oakland's uptown entertainment district - but now has been closed for almost as many years as it was open.
Dedicated to the identification, preservation, and management of historic roads.
Site dedicated to the excellent documentary film of the same name.
Highly acerbic, controversial grenade tosser in the rhetorical war against sprawl, Jim Kunstler is nevertheless dead on in his commentary on our built environment. Warning: This site is not for the rhetorically squeamish.
Yankee Magazine has called Joe the "Bard of North Adams" a western Massachusetts town he's adopted and explored, documenting its struggles in the post industrial economy.
Devoted to the restaurant industry, currently featuring an exhibit on the history of the American diner (yes, this is de facto diner museum in Providence).
NAPHA is the world's only educational and enthusiast's organization dedicated to all aspects of the amusement park. In this site you will be able to find out about NAPHA, its publications and its events.
A nonprofit network of local triple-bottom-line businesses and social entrepreneurs. The SBN is local business people, professionals, social entrepreneurs, investors, not-for-profit leaders, and government representatives who are committed to building a more socially, environmentally, and financially sustainable local economy. Coffee Cup Media is a member.
THSA is the only organization in the United States which exclusively records and preserves the architectural, cultural and social history of American theatres. Through its archive and publications, THSA makes available information on over 8,000 theatres nationwide, and encourages research in this often-neglected aspect of our popular culture and history.
