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Bombing, Tagging, Writing: An Analysis Of The Significance Of Graffiti And Street Art, Lindsay Bates University of Pennsylvania

Bombing, Tagging, Writing: An Analysis Of The Significance Of Graffiti And Street Art, Lindsay Bates

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A first look upon a well-contrived piece of graffiti or street art may inspire feelings of surprise, delight, and amusement, but the connection between graffiti and cultural heritage might be more difficult to perceive. Conventionally, graffiti was synonymous with vandalism, associated with a subculture that needed to be extinguished immediately. However, with the works of such artists as Basquiat, Keith Haring, Banksy, Steve Powers, and the like, graffiti began to be recognized as something more than crime – something with far more value, something that could reach beyond the walls of a gallery. Indeed, this subculture has since proliferated exponentially, and ...

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 26, No. 5, Leo Schelbert, Sandra Luebking, Richard H. Hulan, Edith Von Zemenszky, David A. Rausch Ursinus College

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 26, No. 5, Leo Schelbert, Sandra Luebking, Richard H. Hulan, Edith Von Zemenszky, David A. Rausch

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Swiss Mennonite Family Names: An Annotated Checklist
• The Dogtrot House and its Pennsylvania Associations
• A Letter from Pastor Johann Friedrich Ernst
• Civil War Medicine: A Patient's Account
• Soups, Stews, Broths, and Porridges: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 48

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Louis I. Kahn’S Fisher House: A Case Study On The Architectural Detail And Design Intent, Pierson William Booher University of Pennsylvania

Louis I. Kahn’S Fisher House: A Case Study On The Architectural Detail And Design Intent, Pierson William Booher

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The preservation of architecturally significant structures has begun to experience a shift in both style and future use. No longer are Jeffersonian and Antebellum homes the focus of young preservationists and the ‘little old ladies’ that preceded them; rather, the tide has shifted towards structures that were both disdained and revered during their time. Modernist structures, while simplistic in form and function, contain a high degree of embedded meaning and significance. While the study focuses on the work of Louis I. Kahn – specifically the Norman Fisher house – an understanding of the design intent and overall role of the details within ...

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Urban Design Principles Of The Original Neighborhood Concepts, Nicholas Patricios University of Miami

Urban Design Principles Of The Original Neighborhood Concepts, Nicholas Patricios

Nicholas Patricios

The neighbourhood concept is arguably one of the major planning landmarks that shaped the urban form of the twentieth century city in many countries. Coincidently, both the neighbourhood idea of Clarence Stein and Henry Wright, exemplified in their plan for Radburn, and the Neighbourhood Unit idea of Clarence Perry were published in 1929. The urban design principles of Stein and Wright included the idea of a superblock of residential units grouped around a central green, the separation of vehicles and pedestrians, and a road hierarchy with culs-de-sac for local access roads. A cluster of superblocks was to form a self-contained ...

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Undated; Letter; Resolution Pilgrim Baptist Church Choir, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College

Undated; Letter; Resolution Pilgrim Baptist Church Choir, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Letters

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Noiseless, Automatic Service: The History Of Domestic Servant Call Bell Systems In Charleston, South Carolina, 1740-1900, Wendy Danielle Madill Clemson University

Noiseless, Automatic Service: The History Of Domestic Servant Call Bell Systems In Charleston, South Carolina, 1740-1900, Wendy Danielle Madill

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Shortly before Europe's industrial revolution, tradesmen discovered an ingenious way to rig bells in houses to mechanize communication between homeowners and their servants. Mechanical bell systems, now known as house bells or servant call bells, were prevalent in Britain and America from the late 1700s to the early twentieth century. These technological ancestors of today's telephone were operated by the simple pull of a knob or a tug of a tassel mounted on an interior wall. Bell-pulls increased privacy for both servants and their employers by separating both parties by the length of a bell wire, but they ...

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At Home With The Range: The American Cooking Stove, 1865-1920, Phyllis Minerva Ellin University of Pennsylvania

At Home With The Range: The American Cooking Stove, 1865-1920, Phyllis Minerva Ellin

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Amusement Parks As Landscapes Of Popular Culture: An Analysis Of Willow Grove Park And The Wildwoods, Joanna Mary Doherty University of Pennsylvania

Amusement Parks As Landscapes Of Popular Culture: An Analysis Of Willow Grove Park And The Wildwoods, Joanna Mary Doherty

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Iran’S Earthen Architectural Heritage As Reflected In The Terra Congress Proceedings And Iran Journal, Shaghayegh Torkzaban University of Pennsylvania

Iran’S Earthen Architectural Heritage As Reflected In The Terra Congress Proceedings And Iran Journal, Shaghayegh Torkzaban

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Iran is an important place for architectural and archaeological studies, especially for its wealth of earthen architecture. International scholarly studies in Iran began in the late nineteen and early twentieth centuries. However much of this research was not published until the end of the 1950s. In the 1960s, many scholarly conferences and publications on the conservation of earthen architecture began. Two major events occurred regarding Iran’s architectural heritage. The first was the founding of an international academic journal, Iran Journal, in 1963 by the British Institute of Persian Studies. The other was the formation of the first international congress ...

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It’S Garfield’S World, We Just Live In It: An Exploration Of Garfield The Cat As Icon, Money Maker, And Beast, Iris B. Engel Bard College

It’S Garfield’S World, We Just Live In It: An Exploration Of Garfield The Cat As Icon, Money Maker, And Beast, Iris B. Engel

Senior Projects Fall 2019

No newspaper comic character enjoys a larger international audience than Garfield. While newspaper comics have been infiltrating the homes of readers in the United States since the 1880s, Garfield has made more of an impact than any other. Brought into existence by Jim Davis in Muncie, Indiana in 1978, Garfield has now gone world-wide. Breaking Guinness world records for most syndicated newspaper comic strip, Garfield has made over 800 million dollars in comic sales alone, making it the largest grossing newspaper comic strip to date. Recognized globally, Garfield is an international icon. Despite these laudations, there has never been an ...

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Book Review: The South Carolina State House Grounds, Jennifer S. Gibson 2021 Pine Tree Hill Elementary School, Kershaw County School District

Book Review: The South Carolina State House Grounds, Jennifer S. Gibson

South Carolina Libraries

Jennifer Gibson reviews The South Carolina State House Grounds, written by Lydia Mattice Brandt with photographs by Chandler Yonkers.

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Restoring History: Mixed-Use Hotel & Retail Center, William Chase Sisk 2021 Kennesaw State University

Restoring History: Mixed-Use Hotel & Retail Center, William Chase Sisk

Symposium of Student Scholars

Monroe, Georgia, is a unique small town, located halfway between Athens and Atlanta. The small-town atmosphere and amenities have become a popular destination for people attracted to the historic buildings, downtown events and UGA football home games. Monroe is popular for its wedding venues, antique malls, and car shows, but there are not enough hotel rooms. Currently within the historic downtown, there are only one bed and breakfast, two AirBNB’s, and no hotels, although every downtown storefront is occupied by restaurants, retail stores, and businesses.

The need for overnight accommodations has raised the possibility of a new mixed-use hotel ...

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Landscape Research I, Oner Demirel, Ertan Duzgunes 2021 Kirikkale University

Landscape Research I, Oner Demirel, Ertan Duzgunes

Architectural Sciences

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The Literary Controversies Of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling, Victoria Duehring 2021 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

The Literary Controversies Of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling, Victoria Duehring

The Forum: Journal of History

This literary review will focus on Michelangelo’s most significant work of color: the Sistine ceiling. Michelangelo’s work has spawned a plethora of literature, but this paper will focus on three main controversial topics: assistants (or lack thereof), the ignudi’s purpose, and restoration. I will also apply a psycho-historical approach to these controversies and identify potential avenues for future research.

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Using Google Street View To Examine Urban Context And Green Amenities In The Global South: The Chilean Experience, Monica Haddad, Zachary Christman, Hamil Pearsall, Melinda Sanchez 2021 Iowa State University

Using Google Street View To Examine Urban Context And Green Amenities In The Global South: The Chilean Experience, Monica Haddad, Zachary Christman, Hamil Pearsall, Melinda Sanchez

Community and Regional Planning Publications

This study evaluates the use of virtual, human-interpreted, field observations using Google Street View (GSV) to examine the presence of conditions that may be used to analyze green gentrification in the Global South. We propose that green gentrification is characterized by the introduction or improvement of green amenities (such as parks) as well as corresponding changes to the urban context (such as facade materials). While virtual field observations have been used to examine neighborhood context for other applications, this method has not yet been applied to the study of green gentrification, nor in the Global South. Using one urban park ...

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Crosscutting Environmental Risk With Design: A Multi-Site, Multi-City Socioecological Approach For Iowa’S Diversifying Small Towns, Benjamin A. Shirtcliff, Rosie Manzo, Rachel Scudder 2021 Iowa State University

Crosscutting Environmental Risk With Design: A Multi-Site, Multi-City Socioecological Approach For Iowa’S Diversifying Small Towns, Benjamin A. Shirtcliff, Rosie Manzo, Rachel Scudder

Landscape Architecture Publications

Globally, the influx of refugee, migrant, and immigrant populations into small centers of industrialized agriculture has called attention to a looming public health crisis. As small towns shift from remote villages into rural, agri-industrial centers, they offer limited access to amenities needed to support human well-being. Our study focused on three Iowa towns that continue to experience an increase in under-represented minority populations and decline of majority populations as a proxy for studying shifting populations in an era of industrialized agriculture and global capital. We aimed to understand the socioecological impact of built environments—outdoor locations where people live and ...

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Akin House: Powerpoint For Grant Proposal To Benefit Akin House Cultural Heritage Center, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Powerpoint For Grant Proposal To Benefit Akin House Cultural Heritage Center

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Powerpoint presentation. Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE) in cooperation with the Town of Dartmouth. Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Grant Proposal to Benefit The Akin House Cultural Heritage Center. Photographs and explanations of historical significance of Akin House rooms and historical features. Presentation not dated. File is Dated 2007.

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Akin House: Letter From Daniel Perry On Dhpt's Application For Cpa Funds, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Letter From Daniel Perry On Dhpt's Application For Cpa Funds

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Letter from Attorney Daniel Perry regarding the CPA application of Dartmouth Historic Preservation for Restoration of Akin House. Dated September 15, 2008.

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Akin House: Dr. Hodges Letter Of Support For Cpa Funding, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Dr. Hodges Letter Of Support For Cpa Funding

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Dr. Christina Hodges of the Peabody Museum writes a letter in support of the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust (DHPT) application for a Community Preservation funds for continuing work at the historic Elihu Akin House in South Dartmouth. Letter dated August 28, 2008.

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Akin House: Final Cost Exterior And Estimate For Interior, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Final Cost Exterior And Estimate For Interior

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Final Cost for Exterior work and Estimate for Interior for Akin House Restoration. Submitted by Stephen J. Tyson. Dated August 26, 2008.

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Akin House: Historical Structural Report By Anne Baker, Anne W. Baker 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Historical Structural Report By Anne Baker, Anne W. Baker

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Historical Structure Report prepared for the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Prepared by Anne W. Baker. Dated October 11, 2004. Describes the importance of Akin House and detailed architectural and structural features.

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Akin House: Elihu Akin House Interpretation Project, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Elihu Akin House Interpretation Project

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Narrative for a NEH Consultation Grant to allow W H A L E staff to refine interpretation plans for the Elihu Akin House. The project brings together humanities scholars, historic preservationists, museum staff and educators to plan the best use of the 1762 house as an education center/museum.

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Akin House: Standard-Times Article, August 10, 2005, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Standard-Times Article, August 10, 2005

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New Bedford Standard-Times article written by Tom Timberlake on August 10, 2005, entitled Historic Akin House has a future.

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Akin House: Standard-Times Article, October 26, 2006, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Standard-Times Article, October 26, 2006

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New Bedford Standard-Times article from October 26, 2006 entitled WHALE to present session on Akin House.

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Akin House: Standard-Times Article, March 1, 2015, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Standard-Times Article, March 1, 2015

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New Bedford Standard-Times article from March 1, 2015, entitled Policymakers: Questions for the Dartmouth Historic Preservation Trust about the Akin house.

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Akin House: Akin Deed, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Akin Deed

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Akin Deed research done by Peggi Medeiros. Research dated July 15, 2004.

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Akin House: Letter Concerning Rear 20th Century Dormer, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Letter Concerning Rear 20th Century Dormer

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Letter written by WHALE to MHC concerning the decision not to replace the 20th century dormer on the rear of the house. The decision was based on recommendations made by the Architectural Preservation Group and Anne Baker. Draft Letter dated January 20, 2006

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Akin House: Letter Concerning Akin House Historical Structure, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Letter Concerning Akin House Historical Structure

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Letter written by Anne Baker to Diana detailing the historical structure of the Akin House. Dated September 28, 2008.

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Akin House: Estimate For Immediate Structural Repairs, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Estimate For Immediate Structural Repairs

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Estimate submitted by Anne Baker for immediate structural repairs to plates, rafters and sills. Dated June 20, 2005.

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Akin House: Baker Invoice To Whale, 2021 Roger Williams University

Akin House: Baker Invoice To Whale

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Anne Baker's invoice to WHALE for surveying, site documentation, and cleaning. Dated July 30, 2004.

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Photographic Images of Historic Architecture in the United States University of North Florida

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