Cultural Landscapes: Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice

by Richard Longstreth, Susan Calafate Boyle, Susan Buggey, Michael Caratzas

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780816650996
Publisher:	University of Minnesota Press
Publication date:	04/24/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	992,056
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface     vii
Introduction: The Challenges of Cultural Landscape for Preservation   Richard Longstreth     1
Interpreting Landscape
Landscape Preservation and Cultural Geography   Julie Riesenweber     23
The Politics of Preservation: Power, Memory, and Identity in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo   Hillary Jenks     35
Cross-Bronx: The Urban Expressway as Cultural Landscape   Michael Caratzas     55
The American Summer Youth Camp as a Cultural Landscape   Courtney P. Fint     73
Wild Lands and Wonders: Preserving Nature and Culture in National Parks   Bonnie Stepenoff     91
Balancing Change and Continuity
Mediating Ecology and History: Rehabilitation of Vegetation in Oklahoma's Platt Historic District   Heidi Hohmann     109
A Continuum and Process Framework for Rural Historic Landscape Preservation: Revisiting Ebey's Landing on Whidby Island, Washington   Nancy D. Rottle     129
Natural and Cultural Resources: The Protection of Vernacular Landscapes   Susan Calafate Boyle     150
Cultural Landscapes: Venues for Community-based Conservation   Susan Buggey   Nora Mitchell     164
Management for Cultural Landscape Preservation: Insights from Australia   Randall Mason     180
AreWe There Yet? Travels and Tribulations in the Cultural Landscape   Robert Z. Melnick     197
Contributors     211
Index     213