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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"preservationists"”.
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Preserving Power, Remaking the Past: Race, Colonialism, Modernism, and Architectural Preservation
… settler colonialism by focusing on architectural preservationists' explanations of what are referred to as white cities. Through dialogue between architectural history, international relations, and critical heritage studies, I map the making and remaking of the histories of white cities, or what …
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Fighting for Place: The Rhetoric of Preservation in a Gentrifying Urban Neighborhood
<p>This paper looks at how preservationists in Oregon Hill, a gentrifying neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, appropriated the identity of its working class residents, particularly through claims on a particular cluster of houses. By reframing the meaning of the houses, from homes to sites of …
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Who is entitled to a shipwreck located in international waters? A contest for the spoils between salvors, the original owners, legitimate heirs, state governments and the historic preservationists
This dissertation addresses the value of shipwrecks, the reasons why persons have an interest in shipwrecks, the nature of competing claims for the shipwrecks by different persons and how different national laws and international law, treaties and conventions attempts to resolve such competing …
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Saving the York Avenue Estate : landmark preservation as land use control
The battle between preservationists and developers has been waging for years, especially in places where the real estate market is hot. The pressure to develop is often met head-on with the need to conserve the architectural, historical, and cultural resources of the past for the benefit of current …
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Who Cares? Community Value in the Preservation of Seattle's Historic Public Schools
… public school buildings? Seattle Public Schools, preservationists, and local communities, all have a stake in the future of Seattle’s historic school buildings. But they can’t seem to agree on what is significant about these buildings. SPS wants to redevelop its properties for educational needs. …
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The Impact of the French Protectorate on Cultural Heritage Management in Morocco: The Case of Marrakesh
… help professionals---architects, planners and preservationists---to define and apply efficient strategies in relation to Moroccan cities and the preservation of their cultural heritage that are sensitive to their rich historic traditions and past and yet acknowledge the reality of modernity in …
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A New Form In A Historic District
… can an architect to do to both comply with the preservationists wishes and fulfill their clients desires to have an innovative new construction? An architect must look past the prescribed ways of satisfying preservation commissions requirements and fully interpret the process.
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"It's not just about the buildings, it's about the people": architecture practice, and preservation in post-Katrina New Orleans
… namely the material-centered emphasis of preservationists versus residents’ embodied, embedded, and often practical notions of place significance. While this dissertation offers insight on urban systems and policy in crisis, historic preservation policy and practice in post-Katrina New …
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From Dockyard to Esplanade: Leveraging Industrial Heritage in Waterfront Redevelopment
… have yet to be fully understood by planners, preservationists, public administrators or developers. Case studies of Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Philadelphia/Camden, Dublin, Glasgow, examine the industrial history, redevelopment planning and approach to preservation and adaptive reuse in each …
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Philosophies of Pipe Organ Preservation: Case Studies of Three Churches In Columbia, South Carolina
… and religious practice. In addition to providing preservationists with a framework for evaluating pipe organs in their local contexts, this study should serve as a useful resource to congregations that contemplate major repair work or preservation treatment for their own instruments.</p>
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Shades of Green: Improving the Energy Efficiency and Environmental Impact of Historic Building
… Design (LEED) rating system, historic preservationists are edging their way into the "green" movement within a complex set of constraints and guidelines, such as the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, but equally motivated to reduce the …
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Conversation on saving a historical community : a participatory renewal and preservation platform
… have enough input and rarely collaborate, while preservationists try to save every piece of historical heritage. Thus, a platform is proposed, here, to bring together voices from all the relevant participants, to democratically communicate between politicians and ordinary people, to create …
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Looking for Usonia : preserving Frank Lloyd Wright's post-1935 residential designs as generators of cultural landscapes
… 1964, pose unique challenges for 21st century preservationists. First, while often individually and locally celebrated, they are diffused across the U.S. landscape. As such, they are less likely to be collectively recognized as objects of study, cultural significance, and/or economic …
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Projective preservation : reframing Rudolph's Tower for Boston
… a class of buildings in crisis; architects and preservationists must decide quickly how to handle the sometimes fraught histories of the still massive urban infrastructures that are widely being excised from the urban landscape. This thesis questions how to balance the desire for some physical …
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"Then Came the Peaceful Invasion of the Northerners": The Impact of Outsiders On Plantation Architecture in Georgetown County, South Carolina
… would not have necessarily defined themselves as preservationists or antiquarians, they - and their architects - were greatly influenced by Colonial Revival ideas. Georgetown County locals appreciated this preservation work, as well as the economic impact that wealthy Northerners brought to the …
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Heritage land in the United States: continuity and conflict
… grew, a counterbalancing response arose from the preservationists. Various federal agencies have a role in protecting heritage land, none more so than the National Park Service since its founding in 1916. Its achievements and problems, and its relations with the other agencies, are discussed in …
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The rental and occupancy performance of historic office buildings rehabilitated for tax credit as compared against their modern counterparts
… to dove-tail the interests of developers and preservationists, the plight of historic structures seemed bleak. Recognizing that preservation had become a national imperative that could not be accomplished in a meaningful way without significant private investment, the federal government …
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Urhobo: Language, Identity, and Design
… from Urhobo community members to global cultural preservationists. By combining art, language, and technology, this project demonstrates the potential of game design as a tool for safeguarding Indigenous languages and identities. It aims to preserve Urhobo heritage as well as inspire similar …
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Re-constructing place and community : urban heritage and the symbolic politics of neighborhood revitalization
… community, safety, economy, and social vitality. Preservationists, artists, historians, and urban designers make bold claims that urban heritage can strengthen community identity, empower neighborhood residents, and serve as catalysts for economic revitalization. Despite the prominence of such …
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Real Estate Redevelopment Framework: Quantitative Analysis of Adaptive Reuse Strategies
… property owners, policymakers, and preservationists, advocating for the conservation and revitalization of our dynamic urban landscapes.
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