Month: February 2021
“My” land is “Your” land.
The Penn Central Transportation Company v. City of New York gave Historic Preservation legitimacy because it changed the hearts & minds of “Western” thinking Americans. No longer did they feel…
Keep your Friends close and your Enemies closer.
David Brown, author of a preservation blog series titled, “Preservation in the 21st Century,” brought to light the challenges and issues that preservationists face today. Realizing what can be learned…
Will old shoes look better when I am walking in them?
Some consider the history of historic preservation problematic. This may be because the resulting historic narratives of their efforts are often considered today as inaccurate, off balance, and exclusive. Before…
318 N. Main St, Doylestown, PA 18901
“Place“, to most of us, means an identifiable and findable “spot” that exists in our world. But, if you were to ask what place means to a Historic Preservation, you…