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May 17, 2024

The City of Austin wants your input on who decides what counts as “history” and what parts of that history get protected and preserved

By: Jennifer Stayton

The City of Austin’s historic preservation plan dates back to 1981. But an effort is underway to change who participates in that planning and what gets preserved. People can give their input on a draft of the city’s new Equity-Based Preservation Plan through May 31st. KUT’s Jennifer Stayton recently talked with the city’s Planning Department Program Manager Cara Bertron and two members of the working group that helped draft the plan: historian Julia Brookins and architect JuanRaymon Rubio. They talked at Austin’s Parque Zaragoza, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, about why the city’s current plan needs a reboot.


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KUT Morning Newscast for January 20, 2025

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January 17, 2025

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January 16, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for January 16, 2025

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