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The Pennsylvania Town 40 Years Later: Preservation And Planning In A Changing Townscape, Ola Johansson, Michael W. Cornebise
The Pennsylvania Town 40 Years Later: Preservation And Planning In A Changing Townscape, Ola Johansson, Michael W. Cornebise
Michael Cornebise
Taking Wilbur Zelinsky’s 1977 article “The Pennsylvania Town” as a point of departure, this article explores how preservation in three Pennsylvania towns—Lancaster, York, and Reading—has proceeded in the context of challenging socio-economic trends and changing demographics. Our assessment of the current status of Zelinsky’s urban-morphological traits identifies a townscape that exhibits both historical continuity and new paths of urban form. Overall, robust preservation regimes have been established resulting in relatively intact townscapes. Many recent redevelopment projects exhibit a significant degree of compatibility with the historic built environment. Some success has also been achieved in preserving shade trees and mixed land …