Cultural Landscapes: Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice

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.

ISBN-13: 9780816650996

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Publication Date: 04-24-2008

Pages: 256

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 Show More