Word: historicizing
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The turmoil in Pakistan's historic Swat Valley was one reason President Pervez Musharraf cited for his imposition of martial law over the weekend. A recent rash of suicide bombings, beheadings and kidnappings of military personnel in the onetime tourist enclave has brought Pakistan closer to the brink in its...
The older Lo Piccolo, a native of the Tommaso Natale neighborhood of western Palermo, had been Provenzano's top lieutenant in the capital while grooming his son for succession. Since his ascension in the wake of Provenzano's capture, police say Lo Piccolo was also focused on expanding ties with...
City Councillor Henrietta Davis, who was on the council when it first considered making the area a historic landmark, urged the commission to initiate a new study to protect the area.
Two weeks ago, the city blocked work on the site after residents complained that building the proposed 5,000-square-foot home would destroy the neighborhood’s historic identity. A group of residents sued the developer, Stonehouse Holdings, in September.
“I think they made the right decision,” Dennis W. Townley, who lives in Shady Hill Square, said after the meeting. “I think it’s clear to the commission that Shady Hill should be made a historic area.?...