The City of New Orleans (CNO) Office of Community Development approved funding to rehabilitate 81 properties (73 of which were actually used in the project) that were moved from the site of the VA/LSU Medical complex to scattered sites city-wide. These homes, which were located in a proposed historic district, were chosen to be part of a blight remediation initiative monitored by the CNO Office of Performance and Accountability “BlightSTAT” meeting. This research examines the impact of this U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sponsored affordable housing program on the New Orleans blight remediation plan. The case study on the properties moved from the site of the VA/LSU Medical complex provides a lens to examine the progress of the CNO Blight policy and analyze various pitfalls and/or successes. Although the affordable housing plan is in progress as of March, 2017, a total of 39 out of 81 properties have been renovated and 29 of those are now occupied. Focusing on the intersection of affordable housing development, historic preservation and blight remediation in this project creates a model for organizations looking to influence public policy through community development. This study examines if and how an integrated planning process, (using the intersection of affordable housing, blight remediation and historic preservation) reshapes public policy and economic development. The study further looks at the CNO BlightSTAT program and how public administration of city resources post Hurricane Katrina has contributed to economic development and neighborhood stabilization in New Orleans.

The thesis analyzes the current status of the castle Lobkovice in tourism. The theoretical part contains the introduction to the tourism and cultural tourism. Subsequently, the work focuses on tourist area Mělnicko and castle Lobkovice. It provides a detailed analysis of the castle, including its development, current status and the offer. Thesis seeks an objective assessment of the situation of the castle, its pros and cons. The work also includes a SWOT analysis. The fundamental part is devoted to the possibility of using its own proposals castle and its development in the use of theoretical knowledge about the cultural tourism and event tourism and practical knowledge about the castle in the sphere of cultural educational and commercial. Suggestions of use are complemented by recommendations in the near future.

This masters thesis examines the role and involvement of cultural objects in the world today. Its aim is to assess the possible solutions recovery and use of immovable monuments. The thesis is determined by the general definition of cultural monuments, its legislative and institutional framework, the use and sources of funding. Following practical part deals with the previous themes in the context of the particular immovable monument, the monastery of St. Francis of Assisi in Votice. It is a sacred monument of regional significance. The outcome of this masters thesis is to determine the optimal solution of the usage of the monument with an emphasis on preserving its value.

In 1929 the old Hastings Mill Store building was towed by scow from Vancouver's inner harbour to its present location near Spanish Banks in Point Grey. In the following two years, the Native Daughters of British Columbia transformed the old building in to a museum to preserve historical relics of the early days of Vancouver. Their museum recounted pioneer histories of journey to, and settlement in, British Columbia in order to celebrate European development of the region, promote Vancouver's connection with the British Empire, and encourage future economic growth in the city. Today, the Native Daughters continue to operate this quirky and curious museum. Their exclusive tale of European pioneer history has been preserved in its original form, untouched by decades of museological change and post-colonial critique of cultural representation. The thesis uses the Hastings Mill Museum as a case study in heritage preservation in British Columbia. It claims that the museum itself is an artifact. It is a material remnant of an important movement in local history when such groups as the Native Daughters used the preservation of the past to address contemporary political and social concerns. Representing an idealized pioneer past provided an important source of political and social power for the Native Daughters. Through the Hastings Mill Museum, the Native Daughters helped its members - and the province's community of native-born, Anglo-European - affirm their status as a genealogical and historical elite. The Native Daughters used a variant of the North American "pioneer myth," a nostalgic interpretation of local history that distilled the city's history into a simple narrative of anglo-European settlement, sacrifice and development, to document their claim to the region's political, institutional, and economic power. Their use of heritage preservation as a source of power was shaped by gender. The Daughters used their position as "guardians" and "nurturers" of the region's heritage in order to promote and strengthen the position of their community of white, native-born British Columbians. / Arts, Faculty of / History, Department of / Graduate

Orientador: Pedro Paulo Abreu Funari / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T02:25:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Zaparoli_Dilene_D.pdf: 43306711 bytes, checksum: b4da2a727a18d5b79e996b083a706600 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: O principal objetivo da pesquisa foi à realização de um diagnóstico detalhado da realidade do patrimônio arquitetônico, bens móveis, bens imateriais e dos pontos com potencial turístico do município de Jacareí, a fim de colocar em perspectiva os níveis de competitividade turística de cada um, e permitir que gradualmente possam com base nos princípios de sustentabilidade, oferecer produtos e serviços de melhor qualidade a turistas e comunidade. Já o inventário da oferta turística apresenta o resultado do levantamento da identificação e do registro de atrativos, dos serviços e dos equipamentos turísticos e da infraestrutura de apoio ao segmento. A principal finalidade foi à utilização dele como base das informações para fins de planejamento e gestão da atividade turística. Dessa forma, foi desenvolvido um sistema de inventariação da oferta turística em Jacareí, visando o armazenamento e a organização dessas informações, constituindo um banco de dados abrangente que servirá de base para aplicação de um Plano de Ação visando à valorização do patrimônio cultural material e imaterial. Para alcançar os objetivos propostos, elaboramos e adotamos uma metodologia bem definida e uma sequência de ações em todos os locais selecionados / Abstract: The main objective of the research was to perform a detailed diagnosis of the reality of architectural heritage, movable assets, intangible assets and items with tourism potential of the city of Jacareí in order to put into perspective the level of competitiveness of each tourist, and gradually to allow, based on the principles of sustainability, offering products and better services to tourists and community. Have an inventory of tourism presents the results of the survey, the identification and registration of attractions, services and tourist facilities and infrastructure to support the segment. The main purpose was to use it as a base of information for planning and management of tourism. Therefore we developed a system of inventory of tourism in Jacarei, targeting the storage and organization of this information, providing a comprehensive database that will serve as a basis for application of an Action Plan aimed at enhancement of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. To achieve the proposed objectives, elaborate and adopt a well defined methodology and a sequence of actions in all selected locations / Doutorado / Historia Cultural / Doutora em História

Our current system of research and production is no longer suitable for solving the problems we face today. As climate change threatens our cities and livelihoods, the global economic system preys on the weak. A more responsive, equitable, and resilient system needs to be implemented. Our post industrial cities are both products and victims of the boom-bust economies employed for the last few centuries. While some communities have survived by converting to retail and services based economies, others have not been so fortunate and have become run-down husks of their former bustling selves. The key to revitalizing these cities is to create new industries that empower people, unlike the service economies that deride and devalue them. Peer to Peer (P2P) development models like open source software communities create platforms for people to collaborate on projects and share resources. On the scale of cities, the goal is to stimulate the growth of closed loop, local, micro-economies that are inherently more stable than traditional, centralized economic models.Commons Based Peer Production (CBPP) is a term coined by Professor Yochai Benkler at Harvard Law School. It describes a new model of socio-economic production in which the labor of large numbers of people is coordinated (usually with the aid of the Internet) mostly without traditional hierarchical organization. It is based on low thresholds for participation, freely available modular tasks, and community verification of quality (peer governance). CBPP usually only applies to intellectual output, from software to libraries of quantitative data to human-readable documents (manuals, books, encyclopedias, reviews, blogs, periodicals, and more); however, this system can be adapted for physical manufacturing. A P2P system of development for material goods must be explored through the production of a common resource. Mycelium is the “roots” of fungi. It can be grown anywhere with agricultural refuse as a substrate. It has properties that make it ideal for building insulation and it is environmentally innocuous. It is Cradle to Cradle certified, and it requires little specialized equipment to produce. As a consumer product, it has had trouble gaining traction in a notoriously stubborn market dominated by hydrocarbon based market leaders like extruded polystyrene (XPS). Mycelium products are ripe for development as a regenerative building material. The goal is to increase the R-value of the material, decrease the cost of manufacturing, and carve out a market for this extraordinary product. The purpose of applying a CBPP approach is to increase the speed of development and aid in market penetration. The strategy is to decentralize manufacturing of and experimentation with the product. This requires a robust network of production nodes. Essentially, this involves setting up franchises in select markets (like the Pioneer Valley), where there is a strong interest in local, sustainable products. The nodes would be small cooperative businesses that are licensed to produce the material as well as collect data on the manufacturing and performance of mycelium insulation. The data will then be used to improve the production process. The bulk of the thesis is in designing one such node in Greenfield, MA, located adjacent to the new John W. Olver Transit Center on Bank Row St.

Aim of the Historic Building as a Museum (Contemporary Architecture and Heritage Conservation Issues) thesis is to present limits and possibilities of architecture intervention in historical objects based on conversion material of chosen historic building for museum purposes. Selection of buildings makes an effort to introduce more point of views in given problematice using examples and picturial attachements.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This thesis argues that an architectural surveying methodology via newspaper sampling offers new insight historic preservationists can use to more efficiently predict demolitions. Using data collected from the “Home Builder’s Department” section of the Indianapolis Star, this study compiles architectural information on 425 structures, mostly single-family and duplex residences, built between 1909 and 1926. Engaging with the historiographical themes of public history and architectural history as well as methodological components of historic preservation and digital humanities, the data-centric model relies on a collection of sampled newspaper articles, which were analyzed for specific information, compiled into a data repository with supplemental research, and then incorporated into the ArcGIS program for interpretation. The project provides a synopsis on early twentieth century building trends in Indianapolis and offers implications regarding the role that factors such as building type, geographic location, federal and municipal historic district protections, architectural style, and exterior building material or cladding play in predicting demolitions. Beyond these predictive results, this study also suggests a city-wide surveying methodology for organizing and analyzing large quantities of historic architecture for preservation planning initiatives.

The field of historic preservation has undergone· extreme changes in recent years. Only in the last few years have schools, businesses, and the public been interested in preserving historic sites. Prior to this involvement, historic preservation was accomplished by a few individuals and patriotic groups. Since the field is relatively new, little has been researched and written regarding the early efforts of preservation. One man who emerged as a leader in the preservation movement in Oregon, for over thirty years, was Burt Brown Barker. This thesis, through research of the files associated with five different preservation projects, examines the role Barker played. In each case, an exhaustive search was made of all the files and scrapbooks housed at each institution. In addition, using contemporary newspaper-accounts, Barker's unpublished autobiography, and several books relating to historic preservation, a careful examination of Barker's role can be made. An analysis of the research shows that the role Barker played in historic preservation was a significant one. His contributions to the preservation of historic pioneer sites in Oregon remains a lasting memorial to the determination of this man. Though his name is relatively unknown, this thesis shows that he deserves to be recognized and remembered for his efforts.

Zoning map of downtown Elizabethton, TN and the surrounding area. Legend includes notations of type of dwelling. Originally published in 1953 by the Elizabethton Planning Commission, the color portions were filled in by hand using colored pencil and correspond to the different zoning areas. It is unclear when the color was added. As you can see in the top left quarter of the map, this was before the creation of Sycamore Shoals State Park which was established in 1975 along the Watauga RIver and is located just northwest of downtown. Physical copy resides in the Government Information, Law and Maps Department of East Tennessee State University’s Sherrod Library. / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1001/thumbnail.jpg