Cultural Landscapes Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice Richard Longstreth, editor Table of Contents		$25.00 paper ISBN: 978-0-8166-5099-6 ISBN-10: 0-8166-5099-3 $75.00 cloth ISBN: 978-0-8166-5098-9 ISBN-10: 0-8166-5098-5
Innovative essays on establishing best practices in cultural landscape preservation. 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 studies and director of the graduate program in historic preservation at George Washington University. A past president of the Society of Architectural Historians and vice president of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, he has written extensively on architectural and urban history as well as on historic preservation subjects. Currently he is completing a detailed study, The Department Store Transformed, 1920–1960. 256 pages | 76 b&w photos | 7 x 10 | 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Introduction: The Challenges of Cultural Landscape for Preservation Richard Longstreth Part I. Interpreting Landscape 1. Landscape Preservation and Cultural Geography Julie Riesenweber 2. The Politics of Preservation: Power, Memory, and Identity in Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo Hillary Jenks 3. Cross-Bronx: The Urban Expressway as Cultural Landscape Michael Caratzas 4. The American Summer Youth Camp as a Cultural Landscape Courtney P. Fint 5. Wild Lands and Wonders: Preserving Nature and Culture in National Parks Bonnie Stepenoff Part II. Balancing Change and Continuity 6. Mediating Ecology and History: Rehabilitation of Vegetation in Oklahoma’s Platt Historic District Heidi Hohmann 7. A Continuum and Process Framework for Rural Historic Landscape Preservation: Revisiting Ebey’s Landing on Whidby Island, Washington Nancy D. Rottle 8. Natural and Cultural Resources: The Protection of Vernacular Landscapes Susan Calafate Boyle 9. Cultural Landscapes: Venues for Community-based Conservation Susan Buggey and Nora Mitchell 10. Management for Cultural Landscape Preservation: Insights from Australia Randall Mason 11. Are We There Yet? Travels and Tribulations in the Cultural Landscape Robert Z. Melnick Contributors Index