They dumped us!
And just like that, the federal government reneged on a $30,000 commitment to TCLF to support the award-winning What’s Out There Guide to African American Cultural Landscapes.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF)
connects people to places. TCLF educates and engages the public to make our shared landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its stewards.
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Oberlander Prize
The biennial Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize includes a $100,000 award and two years of public engagement activities.
PLACES: What's Out There
This searchable database raises public awareness of the rich diversity and interconnectedness of our shared landscape heritage.
Check Out the What’s Out There Guide to African American Cultural Landscapes
Discover dozens of sites, their histories and designers, in this richly-illustrated and engaging guide about the unique and culturally influential contributions of the African American community to the country.
Bears Ears National Monument
Olympic Sculpture Park
Sappington African American Cemetery State Historic Site
Trinity College - Hartford, CT
STEWARDSHIP: Landslide
The goal of Landslide is to draw immediate and lasting attention to threatened landscapes and unique features, and to encourage informed, community-based stewardship decisions.
Landslide 2024: Demonstration Grounds
Thirteen sites of significant protests in U.S. history where the protests are at risk of fading from public memory, or worse, being forgotten.
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Embarcadero - Justin Herman Plaza
A Lawrence Halprin masterwork (and skateboarders' paradise) is threatened with demolition.
at-risk
Timex Corporate Headquarters
The campus of this world-famous watchmaker honors time keeping and telling through a remarkable synthesis of landscape architecture and building.
EVENTS: Lectures, Exhibitions, Tours
TCLF hosts events across the United States including excursions, dialogues, and tours that highlight the nation's rich and diverse landscape heritage.
Invisible Histories along the Mississippi River
The 28.5-mile stretch of fortified Mississippi Riverbanks in Louisiana’s St. John the Baptist Parish have born witness to centuries of history and three key movements of protest, including one of the largest slave revolts in America (1811).
Examples: Landscape name, designer, stytle, location, etc
Advanced SearchPEOPLE: Designers & Stewards
Pioneers of American Landscape Design chronicles the lives and careers of those who have designed our gardens, parks, streets, campuses, cemeteries, suburbs, and the innumerable other environments in which we live.
It Takes One - Janice Ross
Dancer Anna Halprin’s biographer offers fascinating insights about how she and her landscape architect husband, Larry, together explored how bodies move through space.
Examples: “Dan Kiley” or “Modernist”
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