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Waite Potter House: Community Preservation Committee (Cpc) Application For Stabilization Of Stone-End Chimney, Anne W. Baker
Waite Potter House: Community Preservation Committee (Cpc) Application For Stabilization Of Stone-End Chimney, Anne W. Baker
Documentation
Project Submission Sheet submitted by Anne W. Baker to the Westport Community Preservation Committee (CPC) for the Stabilization of the the stone-end chimney from further deterioration. Submission date: 11/16/2006 - 4/12/2007
Waite Potter House: Community Preservation Committee (Cpc) Application For Waterproofing Of Restored Brick And Stone Chimneys, Anne W. Baker
Waite Potter House: Community Preservation Committee (Cpc) Application For Waterproofing Of Restored Brick And Stone Chimneys, Anne W. Baker
Documentation
Project Submission Sheet submitted by Anne W. Baker on December 22, 2007 for the Waterproofing the Waite Potter restored brick and stone chimney.
The Plurality Of Truth In Culture, Context, And Heritage: A (Mostly) Post-Structuralist Analysis Of Urban Conservation Charters, Jeremy C. Wells
The Plurality Of Truth In Culture, Context, And Heritage: A (Mostly) Post-Structuralist Analysis Of Urban Conservation Charters, Jeremy C. Wells
Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications
This paper analyzes international heritage conservation charters through the post-structuralist lens of relative and perspective-driven “truths,” fragmentation, and dramatic settings. The “SPAB Manifesto,” the Athens Charter, the Venice Charter, the Burra Charter, and the Nara Document on Authenticity are evaluated within the framework of discursive theories established by Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jürgen Habermas, and Gilles Deleuze in regard to cultural meanings and absolute and relative truths. Preservation doctrine through the Venice Charter engages in a positivist truth based on the substantiation of material fetishes. These early doctrines imbue the materiality of the object with truth as an absolute rather …
The Main Line As Model, Edgar Adams
The Main Line As Model, Edgar Adams
Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications
Using historical mapping this presentation examines the evolution of Ardmore Pennsylvania on Philadelphia's Main Line and compares it with more contemporary Transit Oriented Development on the West Coast.
Mind The Gap: Understanding The Interface, Edgar Adams
Mind The Gap: Understanding The Interface, Edgar Adams
Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications
This paper uses Transit Oriented Development as a means to explore different means of engaging transportation infrastructure within the "middle" or suburban landscape. The site is the former location of a train station in Taunton MA that occupies a sensitive location near the Taunton River.