Cultural Landscapes
Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice
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 cultural landscape preservation can be fruitfully applied.
Contributors: Susan Calafate Boyle, Susan Buggey, Michael Caratzas, Courtney P. Fint, Heidi Hohmann, Hillary Jenks, Randall Mason, Robert Z. Melnick, Nora Mitchell, Julie Riesenweber, Nancy D. Rottle, Bonnie Stepenoff.
The diverse scholarship, engaging case studies, and insightful discussions found in Cultural Landscapes places it on the must-read list for any professional currently engaged in historic preservation practice.
Carroll Van West, director of the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University
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, Susan Buggey, Michael Caratzas, Courtney P. Fint, Heidi Hohmann, Hillary Jenks, Randall Mason, Robert Z. Melnick, Nora Mitchell, Julie Riesenweber, Nancy D. Rottle, Bonnie Stepenoff.
The diverse scholarship, engaging case studies, and insightful discussions found in Cultural Landscapes places it on the must-read list for any professional currently engaged in historic preservation practice.
Carroll Van West, director of the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University
The book does well to open the issue of preservation beyond the iconic building or landscape, and into the dark corners and challenging subtleties of their histories.
The Next American City
Editor Richard Longstreth, something of a national treasure himself when it comes to promoting historic preservation, has assembled eleven essays that provide a tight-knit and highly useful tutorial covering the central issues confronting cultural landscape preservationists.
Buildings & Landscapes
The primary benefit of this work to students of preservation and landscape studies is its range, which demonstrates the diverse nature of what can classify as a cultural landscape.
Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society
