Preservation and Urban Revitalization
Author : United States. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 28,24 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Author : United States. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 28,24 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Government publications
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Author : Stephanie Meeks
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,55 MB
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 161091709X
At its most basic, historic preservation is about keeping old places alive, in active use, and relevant to the needs of communities today. As cities across America experience a remarkable renaissance, and more and more young, diverse families choose to live, work, and play in historic neighborhoods, the promise and potential of using our older and historic buildings to revitalize our cities is stronger than ever. This urban resurgence is a national phenomenon, boosting cities from Cleveland to Buffalo and Portland to Pittsburgh. Experts offer a range of theories on what is driving the return to the city—from the impact of the recent housing crisis to a desire to be socially engaged, live near work, and reduce automobile use. But there’s also more to it. Time and again, when asked why they moved to the city, people talk about the desire to live somewhere distinctive, to be some place rather than no place. Often these distinguishing urban landmarks are exciting neighborhoods—Miami boasts its Art Deco district, New Orleans the French Quarter. Sometimes, as in the case of Baltimore’s historic rowhouses, the most distinguishing feature is the urban fabric itself. While many aspects of this urban resurgence are a cause for celebration, the changes have also brought to the forefront issues of access, affordable housing, inequality, sustainability, and how we should commemorate difficult history. This book speaks directly to all of these issues. In The Past and Future City, Stephanie Meeks, the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, describes in detail, and with unique empirical research, the many ways that saving and restoring historic fabric can help a city create thriving neighborhoods, good jobs, and a vibrant economy. She explains the critical importance of preservation for all our communities, the ways the historic preservation field has evolved to embrace the challenges of the twenty-first century, and the innovative work being done in the preservation space now. This book is for anyone who cares about cities, places, and saving America’s diverse stories, in a way that will bring us together and help us better understand our past, present, and future.
Author : Andrew Hurley
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 35,58 MB
Release : 2010-05-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1439902305
A framework for stabilizing and strengthening inner-city neighborhoods through the public interpretation of historic landscapes.
Author : Lydia R. Otero
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,84 MB
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0816534918
On March 1, 1966, the voters of Tucson approved the Pueblo Center Redevelopment Project—Arizona’s first major urban renewal project—which targeted the most densely populated eighty acres in the state. For close to one hundred years, tucsonenses had created their own spatial reality in the historical, predominantly Mexican American heart of the city, an area most called “la calle.” Here, amid small retail and service shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues, they openly lived and celebrated their culture. To make way for the Pueblo Center’s new buildings, city officials proceeded to displace la calle’s residents and to demolish their ethnically diverse neighborhoods, which, contends Lydia Otero, challenged the spatial and cultural assumptions of postwar modernity, suburbia, and urban planning. Otero examines conflicting claims to urban space, place, and history as advanced by two opposing historic preservationist groups: the La Placita Committee and the Tucson Heritage Foundation. She gives voice to those who lived in, experienced, or remembered this contested area, and analyzes the historical narratives promoted by Anglo American elites in the service of tourism and cultural dominance. La Calle explores the forces behind the mass displacement: an unrelenting desire for order, a local economy increasingly dependent on tourism, and the pivotal power of federal housing policies. To understand how urban renewal resulted in the spatial reconfiguration of downtown Tucson, Otero draws on scholarship from a wide range of disciplines: Chicana/o, ethnic, and cultural studies; urban history, sociology, and anthropology; city planning; and cultural and feminist geography.
Author : United States Conference of Mayors. Special Committee on Historic Preservation
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 12,77 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : United States. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,76 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN :
Author : Philip Jodidio
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,10 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783791344065
KEYNOTE: The extraordinary accomplishments of the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme are celebrated in this generously illustrated volume that includes hundreds of photographs, maps, and drawings along with informative text, offering fascinating insight into the built environment of Muslim societies around the world. The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme promotes the conservation and re-use of buildings and public spaces in historic cities in the Muslim world as a catalyst to improving the quality of life of their inhabitants. This book presents more than 30 case studies that illustrate the Programme's efforts to spur social, economic, and cultural development in sustainable ways. In countries such as Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Mali, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, and Tanzania the Historic Cities Programme has gone beyond restoration to address the questions of the social and environmental context, adaptive re-use, institutional sustainability, and training. Recent photographs filled with brilliant detail; precise maps, drawings and technical data; and expert essays on urban planning, collaborative networks, parks and gardens, and sustainability are included in this exciting book on the work of one of the Muslim world's most successful proponents of cultural conservation. AUTHOR: Philip Jodidio has published numerous books on contemporary architecture, including Under the Eaves. ILLUSTRATIONS 250 colour illustrations
Author : Erica Avrami
Publisher : Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 26,42 MB
Release : 2020-03-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781941332603
The field of historic preservation is becoming more socially and culturally inclusive, through more diversity in the profession and enhanced community engagement. Bringing together a broad range of practitioners, this book documents historic preservation's progress toward inclusivity and explores further steps to be taken.
Author : United States. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,36 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
Publisher :
Page : 1300 pages
File Size : 23,16 MB
Release : 1982
Category : United States
ISBN :