Historic Preservation in the USA

• Author : Karolin Frank,Patricia Petersen
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 14 February 2002

Since the 1960s, public attention has been drawn increasingly towards the thematic link between historic preservation and urban planning. Nowadays, the organized historic preservation movement in the USA is more than a mere "yearning for history": it represents an active and integral part of urban planning in US cities. In order to approach these planning, economic, and social issues in the field of historic preservation, this book analyzes a variety of interdisciplinary methods, focusing on four selected historic districts within

• Author : William F. Delvac,Susan M. Escherich,Bridget Hartman
• Publisher : DIANE Publishing
• Release : 01 June 1995

Shows communities how to take advantage of two tax credit programs for the preservation of buildings and the development of affordable housing. Part One, presents an excellent guide to effective combination of the historic rehabilitation and low-income housing credits. Part Two assembles six informative case studies that showcase successful cooperative efforts by nonprofit and for-profit groups to return blighted but beloved local landmarks into high-quality affordable housing. 33 photos.

• Author : Sara K. Blumenthal
• Publisher : DIANE Publishing
• Release : 01 July 1993

Brings together the major Federal historic preservation laws that govern a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. Covers laws governing national historic preservation programs; national historic landmarks; the Federal Archeology Program; Federal preservation tax incentives; other major Federal historic preservation laws; and implementing regulations and guidelines.

• Author : David L. Ames,Richard Wagner,Richard D. Wagner
• Publisher : Associated University Presse
• Release : 27 January 2022

This collection of papers addresses two questions central to design and historic preservation: what are the parameters of 'compatibility' in the design of additions to historic buildings and of new infill buildings in historic districts and landscapes. Presented at the 'Third National Forum on Historic Preservation Practice: A Critical Look at Design in Historic Preservation', held at Goucher College, the authors include practicing and academic historic preservationists, architectural historians, architects, landscape architects, and engineers. Organized under the themes of 'Melding

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1994

• Author : United States. General Accounting Office
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1998

• Author : United States. Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation. Division of Grants
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1976

• Author : Michael A. Tomlan
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 21 November 2014

This well-illustrated book offers an up-to-date synthesis of the field of historic preservation, cast as a social campaign concerned with the condition, treatment and use of the legacy of existing properties in the United States. Drawing on a wide range of research, experience and scholarship over the last fifty years, it allows us to re-think past and current ideas in preservation, challenging readers to explore how their own interests lie within the cognitive framework of the activities taking place with

• Author : Robert E. Haynes
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1979

• Author : Robert A. Young
• Publisher : Wiley
• Release : 21 March 2008

This introduction to historic preservation goes well beyond the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and shows how wood, stone, masonry, and metal were used in the past and how adaptive re-use can be employed to bring modern amenities to historic structures. The book covers all aspects of the exterior and interior building fabric, including windows, roofing, doors, porches, and electrical and mechanical systems for both residential and small-scale commercial buildings. Richly illustrated with photographs showing typical elements of

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1995

• Author : Neil Gagliardi
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1993

• Author : Thomas D. Bever
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1978

• Author : United States. Congress. House. Interior and Insular Affairs
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1970

• Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1980