Cultural Landscapes
Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice
Longstreth, Richard (EDT)
Boyle, Susan Calafate (CON)
Buggey, Susan (CON)
Caratzas, Michael (CON)
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Preservation has traditionally focused on saving prominent buildings of historical or architectural significance. Preserving cultural landscapes-the combined fabric of the natural and man-made environments-is a relatively new and often misunderstood idea among preservationists, but it is of increasing importance. The essays collected in this volume-case studies that include the Little Tokyo neighborhood in Los Angeles, the Cross Bronx Expressway, and a rural island in Puget Sound-underscore how this approach can be fruitfully applied. Together, they make clear that a cultural landscape perspective can be an essential underpinning for all historic preservation projects.
Contributors: Susan Calafate Boyle, National Park Service; Susan Buggey, U of Montreal; Michael Caratzas, Landmarks Preservation Commission (NYC); Courtney P. Fint, West Virginia Historic Preservation Office; Heidi Hohmann, Iowa State U; Hillary Jenks, USC; Randall Mason, U Penn; Robert Z. Melnick, U of Oregon; Nora Mitchell, National Park Service; Julie Riesenweber, U of Kentucky; Nancy Rottle, U of Washington; Bonnie Stepenoff, Southeast Missouri State U.
Richard Longstreth is professor of American civilization and director of the graduate program in historic preservation at George Washington University.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0816650993
ISBN(13-digit): 9780816650996
Dewey Decimal: 712
Library of Congress: 2007049870
Book Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 218
