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Humanity & Society, 2017
Social justice and housing issues are clearly an area of concern for sociologists, yet preservation of older homes and buildings may seem to be the very antithesis, evoking images of homes of the nation’s elite or neighborhood gentrification by the white upper middle class. Often preserved historic sites do not fully represent members of the community,
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Social justice and housing issues are clearly an area of concern for sociologists, yet preservation of older homes and buildings may seem to be the very antithesis, evoking images of homes of the nation’s elite or neighborhood gentrification by the white upper middle class. Often preserved historic sites do not fully represent members of the community,
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Technologies for Wood Preservation in Historic Preservation
Archives and Museum Informatics, 1999Because of the abundant forests of the world, wood is one of the most common materials found in historic buildings. Wood is relatively easy to fabricate into beams, columns, and roof systems using simple hand tools. However, because of its biological origin, wood is one of the most complex constructions materials.
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Investigation and Preservation of Historic Foundations
2023Italian experiences provide a long list of successful engineering solutions for the preservation of historic sites and, in particular, of tall structures like medieval and bell towers. Among them, Pisa Tower and Frari Bell Tower in Venice can demonstrate that innovative approaches and methodologies for the strengthening of historic foundations can be ...
Michela Marchi, Guido Gottardi
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HISTORICAL CARS AS HISTORICAL HERITAGE TO PRESERVE
SWS International Scientific Conference on Social Sciences - ISCSS, 2021This article shows how in the last two decades UNESCO had started to recognize the nonprofit international association the Federation Internationale des Vehicules Anciens (FIVA) historical cars as part of its world heritage initiative. FIVA was founded in 1966 and its aim is the preservation, restoration, use and culture of mechanically propelled road ...
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The Leading Edge, 2012
The Historical Preservation Committee (HPC) was established to continue the preservation of important artifacts, instruments, and documents that had previously been part of the SEG Geoscience Center which was closed in 2009. Despite its relatively brief existence, HPC has completed several projects and others are moving forward.
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The Historical Preservation Committee (HPC) was established to continue the preservation of important artifacts, instruments, and documents that had previously been part of the SEG Geoscience Center which was closed in 2009. Despite its relatively brief existence, HPC has completed several projects and others are moving forward.
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The Preservation of Historic Monterey
Pacific Historical Review, 1939THE PEOPLE of the United States are becoming history-conscious. The passing of the frontier stage in the growth of this nation has allowed us to pause in our mad scramble for material wealth; and, in pausing, we have become aware of the events of the past in which our predecessors played important parts. Historic sites and buildings, like documents and
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Historic Preservation in Nazi Germany:
2018This chapter offers a critical examination of historic preservationist practices to expand our understanding of the Nazi regime’s ideologies and objectives regarding historic places and national heritage. Rather than catalogue the actual techniques of historic preservation, this chapter focuses on the cultural politics animating the regime’s efforts to
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Land Use Law & Zoning Digest, 1990
Abstract Historic preservation, like environmental protection, is a movement that has come of age in the past decade. Preservation advocates have gained credibility and influence by working with, rather than against, the local political process. “We have learned that the real place to be is not at the barricades or on the picket lines, but at the city ...
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Abstract Historic preservation, like environmental protection, is a movement that has come of age in the past decade. Preservation advocates have gained credibility and influence by working with, rather than against, the local political process. “We have learned that the real place to be is not at the barricades or on the picket lines, but at the city ...
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2000
This article discusses Historic Preservation, why it is important, and some of the agencies and legislation supporting it. It also mentions the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan, and guidelines for identifying and evaluatic historic properties.
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This article discusses Historic Preservation, why it is important, and some of the agencies and legislation supporting it. It also mentions the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan, and guidelines for identifying and evaluatic historic properties.
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