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Recent Examples of preservationist
Advocates say removing historians and preservationists puts these valuable assets at risk of being sold or demolished.
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Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
Actress Diane Keaton has renovated entire homes with historic tiles, and preservationists have been known to dumpster dive to save Batchelder tiles from the landfill.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
In the face of unfolding plans for demolition and redevelopment for warehousing and distribution, preservationists fighting for the building’s survival view one of the structure’s greatest attributes being the physical incorporation of Timex’s identity as the iconic watchmaker into the main floor.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
Activity dwindled as tenants fled to suburban industrial parks that sprung up along interstate highways, turning the manufacturing district into a memory and the buildings into targets for redevelopment and preservationists.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
Actress Diane Keaton has renovated entire homes with historic tiles, and preservationists have been known to dumpster dive to save Batchelder tiles from the landfill.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
In the face of unfolding plans for demolition and redevelopment for warehousing and distribution, preservationists fighting for the building’s survival view one of the structure’s greatest attributes being the physical incorporation of Timex’s identity as the iconic watchmaker into the main floor.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
Activity dwindled as tenants fled to suburban industrial parks that sprung up along interstate highways, turning the manufacturing district into a memory and the buildings into targets for redevelopment and preservationists.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preservationist
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For Zurich architect Tilla Theus, creating the hotel was a painstaking process that took a decade, enlisting a small army of designers, contractors, and conservators.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Major museums know just how crucial this process is and have entire teams — from painters and electricians to art handlers and conservators — around to make sure things are done right.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Preservationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preservationist. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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