Giving Preservation a History : Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States

In this volume, some of the best figures in the field have come together to write on preservation movements across the country, from New York to Atlanta to Santa Fe and others. Giving Preservation a History also touches on the European roots of the historic preservation movement; on how preservation movements have taken a leading role in shaping American urban space and urban development; how historic preservation battles have reflected broader social forces; and what the changing nature of historic preservation means for the effort to preserve the nation's past. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 I Introduction......Page 8 RETHINKING THE ROOTS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION MOVEMENT......Page 9 PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW HISTORY OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 13 History and progress......Page 15 Undesirable pasts......Page 16 NOTES......Page 17 II Origin Stories: Finding the Roots of Historic Preservation in the United States......Page 18 1 THE HERITAGE CRUSADE AND ITS CONTRADIGTIONS1......Page 19 HERITAGE RAMPANT......Page 20 CAUSES OF MODERN HERITAGE CONCERN......Page 21 FACETS OF GROWTH......Page 23 Vernacular Bents......Page 24 Instant Tradition......Page 25 Living Folkways......Page 26 VULNERABLE AND DISPUTED LEGACIES......Page 27 HERITAGE DEPRIVATION, HERITAGE POSSESSION......Page 29 HAZARDS OF HERITAGE GLUT......Page 31 NOTES......Page 33 2 ON CULTS AND CULTISTS......Page 37 HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND NATIONAL BEING......Page 38 THE BELIEVERS......Page 41 PRESERVATION AND MASS NATIONALISM......Page 47 RECONSTRUCTIONS......Page 49 POWER TO THE PEOPLE......Page 51 NOTES......Page 57 III The Many Movements for Preservation in the United States......Page 61 3 ROOTS IN BOSTON, BRANCHES IN PLANNING AND PARKS1......Page 62 THE OLD SOUTH MEETINGHOUSE......Page 63 THE BULFINCH FRONT......Page 69 THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES......Page 73 NOTES......Page 77 4 “A SPIRIT THAT FIRES THE IMAGINATION”......Page 82 NOTES......Page 97 5 HISTORIC PRESERVATION, PUBLIC MEMORY, AND THE MAKING OF MODERN NEW YORK CITY......Page 100 AN EMERGENT HISTORIC PRESERVATION FIELD......Page 101 CURATORIAL AND URBANISTIC APPROACHES......Page 105 CREATING MEMORY INFRASTRUCTURE......Page 108 St. John’s Chapel......Page 109 City Hall Park......Page 114 CONCLUSIONS......Page 119 NOTES......Page 120 6 MARKETING THE PAST......Page 124 EMBRACING THE MARKET......Page 125 THE BUSINESS OF PRESERVATION......Page 128 CONSTRUCTING HISTORY......Page 131 MARKET CONSEQUENCES......Page 133 NOTES......Page 136 7 PLACE OVER TIME......Page 140 1912 CITY PLAN......Page 141 RESTORING THE PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS......Page 143 INTERPLAY OF RESTORATION AND REVIVAL STYLE......Page 145 RESPONSES TO MODERNISM......Page 147 EFFECTS OF THE VOGUE OF SANTA FE......Page 150 NOTES......Page 154 8 CHICAGO’S MECCA FLAT BLUES1......Page 157 NOTES......Page 189 9 ANCESTRAL ARCHITECTURE......Page 199 NOTES......Page 213 10 MAKING HISTORY......Page 218 NOTES......Page 233 IV Conclusion......Page 238 MOVING FORWARD......Page 239 GROWTH IS NOT GOOD FOR US......Page 240 THE MARKET WILL NOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS......Page 241 WE CAN CHANGE THE RULES OF THE GAME......Page 242 THINKING, TALKING, ORGANIZING......Page 244 HISTORY IS IMPORTANT, AND IT IS NOT OVER......Page 245 NOTES......Page 247 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 250 INDEX......Page 253 Introduction : Rethinking The Roots Of The Historic Preservation Movement / Max Page & Randall Mason -- The Heritage Crusade And Its Contradictions / David Lowenthal -- On Cults And Cultists : German Historic Preservation In The Twentieth Century / Rudy J. Koshar -- Roots In Boston, Branches In Planning And Parks / Michael Holleran -- A Spirit That Fires The Imagination : Historic Preservation And Cultural Regeneration In Virginia And New England, 1850-1950 / James M. Lindgren -- Historic Preservation, Public Memory, And The Making Of Modern New York City / Randall Mason -- Marketing The Past : Historic Preservation In Providence, Rhode Island / Briann Greenfield -- Place Over Time : Restoration And Revivalism In Santa Fe / Chris Wilson -- Chicago's Mecca Flat Blues / Daniel Bluestone -- Ancestral Architecture : The Early Preservation Movement In Charleston / Robert R. Weyeneth -- Making History : Historic Preservation And Civic Identity In Denver / Judy Mattivi Morley -- Conclusion: Moving Forward : Futures For A Preservation Movement / Ned Kaufman. Edited By Max Page And Randall Mason. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Historic preservation has been one of the broadest and longest-lasting land-use reform efforts in this country. It is therefore ironic that we have so little understanding of its history." As the title suggests, this book sets out to change that situation, and editors Page and Mason focus "more on ... preservation as a process, than as a set of results...."