The GSA is committed to responsible caretaking of its historic building legacy, which includes courthouses, post offices, border stations and offices around the country. The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (AARA) is facilitating the agency’s…
Category: Historic Preservation
GAO Report Highlights Need for Better Data on Historic Buildings
While the federal government owns thousands of historic structures, maintaining those properties in a time of increasingly constrained budgets poses considerable challenges. One of those challenges involves the need for accurate information about such properties. Where…
An Early Look at Trump’s Old Post Office Hotel
Earlier this year, GSA announced that it had selected the Trump Organization to redevelop the historic Old Post Office Pavilion and annex as a world-class luxury hotel. Since then, the Trump team (headed by the Donald’s daughter,…
The Other Side: St Elizabeths East
While GSA and DHS have been working on the much-delayed DHS Headquarters Campus on (primarily) the west side of the former St Elizabeths Hospital site, the District of Columbia has been planning its own redevelopment project…
GSA’s Role in Preserving the Past
In recognition of the fact that May is National Preservation Month, we’re taking a brief look at GSA’s historic preservation efforts. More than a quarter of the 1,600 buildings owned by GSA, containing more than 60…