Author: CHB

Once at risk of demolition, the historic bandshell at the former site of the Michigan State Fair in Detroit, USA will be moved to another location in the city. The building’s preservation was announced at Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s State of the City address. Before that, the building was set to be demolished to make way for a $400-million, 3.8 million-square-foot Amazon distribution centre. The proposed new site for the bandshell is Palmer Park, about  2 miles south of the fairgrounds on Woodward Avenue. Artists ranging from Alice Cooper, The Temptations and Bob Dylan have performed at the bandshell, according to TheConcertDatabase.com, and the destruction...

Three buildings of “historical significance” on the Isle of Man have been legally protected from demolition, the environment minister has said. The Cosy Nook Cafe in Port Erin, Trafalgar House in Douglas and the Mitre in Kirk Michael have been added to the protected buildings register following investigations. Geoffrey Boot said the move would “preserve them for future generations”. The sites had been at risk of being knocked down or significantly altered. Plans to replace the stone-built cafe on the seafront in Port Erin sparked outcry last year, while concerns were also raised over any potential changes to a...

Nottingham’s oldest subscription library has officially been “saved” from falling into a state of irreversible disrepair, according to Historic England. The organisation has published its latest Heritage at Risk Register 2020 and says Bromley House Library in Angel Row has undergone extensive work which has saved it. Further good news is the Church of St Helena in Thoroton has now been removed from the register. But two Nottinghamshire churches have been added after the theft of lead from their roofs in 2019 left them damaged from water ingress. A third church – St Mary’s in Orston – has also...