Category Archives: Preservation

Case Statement for NCPH New Deal Working Group

Posted on February 6, 2012 by LaDale Winling

See this post for background on the NCPH Working Group. As other members of the working group have noted, academic historians and popular audiences alike tend to recognize the importance of the New Deal and much of its legacy.1 In … Continue reading →

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Reconstructing the New Deal

Posted on February 6, 2012 by LaDale Winling

NCPH Working Group: 10. Reconstructing the New Deal: Towards a National Inventory of New Deal Art and Public Works Facilitators: Eileen Eagan, University of Southern Maine; eagan@usm.maine.edu Gray Brechin, University of California at Berkeley; gbrechin@berkeley.edu Sean Lent, Independent Scholar; sean.lent@maine.edu … Continue reading →

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Historic Preservation and Environmentalism

Posted on April 6, 2009 by LaDale Winling

Richard Moe of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the union-busting New York Times: NEVER before has America had so many compelling reasons to preserve the homes in its older residential neighborhoods. We need to reduce energy consumption and … Continue reading →

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Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

Posted on February 3, 2009 by LaDale Winling

The Illinois Appellate Court took a strike at Chicago’s Landmarks ordinance this week, issuing a ruling from a pair of Chicago landowners (one of whom is an executive for real estate firm Draper & Kramer) that terms the ordinance “vague” … Continue reading →

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Things I’ve Been Meaning to Blog

Posted on May 17, 2008 by urbanoasis

Getting a job. Preservation issues. Learning Italian. Being back in Ann Arbor. Defending my dissertation proposal. Drinking coffee. GLMS shows. Declining interest in the blogosphere. But I’ve been busy and don’t have internet where I’m living, so this will have … Continue reading →

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It’s That Time Again

Posted on March 17, 2008 by urbanoasis

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Preservation Flyer, originally uploaded by urbanoasis. Time to register for spring classes. I’m teaching a course … Continue reading →

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Green Preservation

Posted on February 21, 2008 by urbanoasis

Finally. Word may be reaching the masses that preservation is environmentally sensitive. Preservationists say green architecture isn’t just about building new energy efficient buildings that use solar panels, rooftop gardens and the latest cutting edge technology. According to Mike Jackson … Continue reading →

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The Chicago 7

Posted on January 28, 2008 by urbanoasis

This is a preservation post cross-posted at Built Chicago. Preservation Chicago has offered its latest list of the most endangered buildings in Chicago. This year they are: 1. Chicago Landmarks Ordinance 2. American Book Company Building 3. Devon Avenue Commercial … Continue reading →

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Frigging Amazing

Posted on January 1, 2008 by urbanoasis

New Year’s Fest 2007 Originally uploaded by statlerhotel My buddy Dave from undergrad is a lego nut, photographer extraordinaire, and historic preservationist. You have got to check out the work he did for a New Year’s festival in Kalamazoo, only … Continue reading →

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MUP Thesis, Part 4

Posted on September 6, 2007 by urbanoasis

After the major changes in the student housing market in Ann Arbor surrounding the war, the gradual but consistent expansion of enrollment at the University of Michigan (see Appendix C) and changing tastes in the housing preferences of university students … Continue reading →

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