historic preservation

As South Florida becomes the epicenter of the housing crisis, a new way to approach the problem is just getting its first test.

The Cramer House stood on the site of a newly proposed development called Aletto Square, a project that includes a luxury apartment building, office space and a 357-spot automated parking garage.

Three historic lighthouses on the Florida Keys reef are up for auction. They're listed now at $15,000 — but each needs more than $2 million in repairs right away.

Opened in 1958, the Deauville resort may soon be demolished if found structurally unfit to save. The building's likely destruction is devastating to the city's Historic Preservation Board.

Near Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, the Bonnet House Museum and Gardens sits on 35 acres between the ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway. The land…

The Key West Art and Historical Society already maintains some of the island's most important historic buildings, like the lighthouse and the Custom…

Aimee Rubensteen is working to find Holocaust survivors in South Florida, meet with them, and preserve their family artifacts. She's the first…

The old Seven Mile Bridge, right off the Overseas Highway in the Keys, hasn't been open to regular traffic since 1982. Now, part of the old bridge is…

Key West city officials say that part of one of Florida's oldest power plants is unsafe and should be demolished. But some on the island are fighting to…

Key West's Historic Architectural Review Commission oversees all construction in the city's historic district — and the board can be notoriously finicky…

A movement to make new structures in Key West's historic district more compatible with older buildings has led to the re-writing of the city's rules.On…

The Schooner Western Union was built in Key West in the late 1930s as a cable tender — a repair ship for telegraph lines.Now the 92-foot wooden boat is…