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Recent Examples of preservationist
As development plans emerged, preservationists had sought to preserve the Sakauye Family’s farmhouse on the site before a decision was made to relocate it to History Park, which already exhibits migrant worker cabins.
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Devan Patel, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Co-anchor Ron Magers quit two weeks later. 2004: Farnsworth House, a steel-and-glass masterwork by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rhode, opened for tours after preservationists spent $7.5 million to buy and keep the icon of 20th century modernism in Illinois.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Today, applications for approval by the Commission are generally filed by developers and their lobbyists, who promptly obtain access to Commission staff — access that preservationists don’t have.
—Michael S. Hiller, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
The Art Deco district contains what preservationists believe to be the biggest or second-largest mostly intact collection of buildings in that style in the world.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
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Devan Patel, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Co-anchor Ron Magers quit two weeks later. 2004: Farnsworth House, a steel-and-glass masterwork by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rhode, opened for tours after preservationists spent $7.5 million to buy and keep the icon of 20th century modernism in Illinois.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Today, applications for approval by the Commission are generally filed by developers and their lobbyists, who promptly obtain access to Commission staff — access that preservationists don’t have.
—Michael S. Hiller, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
The Art Deco district contains what preservationists believe to be the biggest or second-largest mostly intact collection of buildings in that style in the world.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preservationist
conservator
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Even the rationale remains a bit unclear, other than to remove the FHFA as conservator.—
Ann Rutledge,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Ever since then, conservators at Texas A&M University’s Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation have been carefully preserving the vessel.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 May 2025
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“Preservationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preservationist. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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