Time. Is it on Your Side? April 23, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , 1 comment so farIt’s midterms here at SCAD. Most of you have run the gauntlet and by these evening, should have made it through the halfway mark. Congrats! Yet, we still have the rest of the quarter to contend with. There are many things competing for our time. Managing time and attention under these stressful conditions can be a perennial challenge. I confess that when I used to do a lot of facilitation and strategic planning for and with non-profits, I became a bit of a productivity geek. Just about everyone I know who works in HP, especially those working for government or for a non-profit have more work to do then time to do it. Learning how to effectively manage your time is critical. We discussed this on Tuesday in my Professional Practice class (HIPR 465). We discussed some of the various philopsohpies and strategies of time managment, from David Allen (Mr. Get It Done) to Timothy Ferriss (Mr. Four Hour Workweek). Since you could spend a lot of time, figuring out how to best manage your time, I put together this handy list of some of the most aucourant thinkers in the field. Enjoy!
Time Management Resources
- Zenhabits-This is a great site, lots of really useful articles, check out the samples below.
· Dead Simple Steps to Beating Procrastination
· Do Less The Ultimate Guide to Productivity
- Four Hour Workweek (Since it is not likely that HP will be outsourced to India, this is not really a feasbile alternative, but he does have some good thoughts on how to work more effectively and do what matters to you.
- 43 Folders (timesuck alert, if you are a productivity geek, you can get lost in here. Watch the Video on Doing What Matters.
- The Now Habit (for all you procrastinators).
Enjoy!
This is interesting April 23, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , add a commentI hope to make it to the UK this summer, but just in case I don’t, I can visit many museums there virtually with this really cool new site, Creative Spaces, which as stated on the site, “connects you with nine UK national museums and galleries, allowing you to explore and comment on collections, upload your own content, and build and share collections with others.”
I AM YELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! April 22, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , add a commentPerhaps you were strolling by Eichberg Hall this evening and heard shouting. It was me. I confess. I was reading the posts in the discussion forum for Downtown Revitalization. Grad student, Gwynn Waldsmith alerted us to the fact that the Detroit Train Station is threatenedwith demoltion.
Hence, I was shouting because I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO USE STIMULUS MONEY TO TEAR DOWN THE DETROIT TRAIN STATION
ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID, “I WANT IT DOWN.”
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.
WHAT YEAR IS THIS? 1950? THIS IS THE BEST WE HAVE, OUR GRAND VISION FOR SAVING OUR CITIES AND SOLVING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IS DEMOLITION? HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully, Section-106 can protect this puppy. Stay tuned.
Preservation Georgia On-line Newsletter April 22, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , add a commentThe latest edition of the Preservation Georgia On-line newsletter is now available. If you are looking for something to do this summer, check out the events calendar, there are a vertiable plethora of interesting confernces and workshops.
Fingers Crossed: The Chicago Landmark Ordinance Saga Continues April 21, 2009
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According to the Landmarks Illinois Web site,
“On March 11th, the City of Chicago filed a petition with the Illinois Supreme Court, asking it to review a January 30th ruling by an Illinois appellate court that put the Chicago Landmark Ordinance at risk. Accompanying the petition was a friend-of-the-court brief filed by Landmarks Illinois and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, along with 18 other preservation organizations and municipalities from Illinois and throughout the U.S. A decision whether the Court will accept the case is expected by June.”
You can take a look at the amici brief here. Yes, it is eight-six pages long, but it is clearly written, and easy to read, not words I often use to describe writing on matters of preservation law. Read it. Seriously. I think it does a fabulous job of articulating why the appellate courts decision is a load of hooey and utterly devastating in terms of its potential impact. To give you an idea of how significant this ruling could be below is a list communities and organizations that have signed on to the March 11 motion in support of the City of Chicago. As stated in the brief, 63 Illinois communities use criteria substantially similar to the Chicago Landmark’s ordinance. Furthermore, some of the criteria are IDENTICAL to those established by the Illinois General Assembly for the designation of county landmarks. Even worse, the criteria are substantially the same as those used by the Department of the Interior for listing properties on the National Register of Historic Places since 1969. They are also similar to the NYC Criteria which were examined by the Supreme Court in the famous Penn Central decision.
Landmarks Illinois seems optimistic. They feel that based on national case law, it is unlikely that the ordinance will be ruled unconstitutional. I have my fingers crossed that they are correct. Stay tuned.
Illinois Municipalities
City of Aurora
(City of Blue Island – not included due to timing of submission)
City of Highland Park
City of Lake Forest
Village of Oak Park
City of Rock Island
City of Urbana
(Village of Wilmette – not included due to timing of submission)
Illinois Associations and Organizations
AIA Chicago
Illinois Association of Preservation Commissions
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
Illinois Municipal League
Landmarks Illinois
Preservation Chicago
Scenic Illinois
National Associations and Organizations
National Association of Preservation Commissions
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Preservation Action
Other American City Preservation Organizations
Cleveland Restoration Society
New York Landmarks Conservancy
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
Anthony Tung is Coming! April 19, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , add a commentPreservation Week is coming (May 3-7). The Student Preservation Association (SPA) has lined up an action packed week of speakers, you can check out the schedule here. The theme this year is International Preservation. Kicking off the week will be Anthony Tung, author of one of my favorite HP books, Preserving the World’s Great Cities. Go immediately to you favorite book purveyor and buy a copy so that you can read it in preparation for HP week. Tung’s book is insightful, inspiring, heart-breaking, fascinating and easy to read. We are so lucky to have him here. For those of you that are majors/alumni, for your friends and relatives that are perplexed by what it excatly is that you are doing/studying, this would make a suitable gift for the next occassion requiring one. If you can’t afford a copy or don’t have the time to read it all before he speaks on Sunday, May 3, you can read an excerpt here, both are excellent although the chapter on Warsaw might bring a tear to your eye. In the US, the destruction of our heritage comes from within, in other countries, heritage is lost not only to these forces but also to war. Below is pasted an excerpt from his chapter on Warsaw:
“In Warsaw they fought. That is the first and most important fact.
The Poles fought the Germans again and again and again, refusing to be subdued. They died by the hundreds of thousands in battles, concentration camps, and ad hoc daily executions. And it was here, in the Warsaw Ghetto, that members of the Jewish resistance—realizing the ultimate futility of their desperate struggle and equipped with but a few stolen guns, bricks, and homemade bombs—pitted themselves against storm troopers wielding the most modern of military hardware.
Citizens in Warsaw resisted the Third Reich, and by their dissent and death they put a price on their metropolis. They established the price they would not pay to keep it whole. They would not sell the soul of their city in order to save its body. They would not refrain from resistance in order to spare their metropolis from becoming a battleground. And once it was evident that the cost of their defiance would be the destruction of the city, Varsovian architects, planners, and teachers, in a perilous act of disobedience, documented their architectural past so it could be rebuilt sometime in an unknown but better future.
In Warsaw they fought, and as a result the city and its people were almost totally eradicated, and not just by the missiles, bombs, and bullets of combat. In Warsaw the Nazis devised a systematic program of cultural annihilation.
German architects carefully identified the historic monuments of the city: the most beautifully proportioned buildings, the buildings designed by distinguished architects, the buildings where famous Varsovians had lived, the places where important historic events had taken place, the buildings with gracious sculptural decoration, the buildings of symbolic importance, the best examples of different architectural styles, the most meaningful buildings of various periods, the proudest churches, the richest palaces, the most beautiful homes, and the neighborhoods where the architecture of Warsaw was knit into an artistic whole—the panoply of Warsaw’s pride, built across seven hundred years of history. Then, having ascertained the patrimony of the metropolis, the German occupational forces sent out squads to rob these places, to strip them of their art and artifacts and, afterward, to dynamite the architectural accomplishments of Polish culture. The structural integrity of buildings was analyzed. Explosives were set and detonated from a safe distance. In World War II, it became German national policy that the culture of Warsaw be erased as a way to quash the spirit of resistance among the Polish people.”
What happened to Warsaw and its inhabitants during the war is heart-breaking and horrifying. What happened during and after the war to reclaim their history, their identity and the landscape of their city is inspiring and reminds us that HP is about a lot more than just old buildings.
Go buy the book now. Come to the lecture.
Applications available for National Trust’s Diversity Scholarship Program April 19, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , add a commentThe Diversity Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to approximately 60 community leaders from diverse social, economic, racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds to attend the National Preservation Conference, held this year in Nashville. Its goal is to increase the diversity of participants at the annual Conference and in the preservation movement. Through interactive sessions, presentations, informal gatherings, and tours of the host city and surrounding areas, participants will learn the necessary tools to strengthen their commitment and effectiveness in preserving historic places and revitalizing communities. Since 1992, the Scholarship Program has provided financial assistance (which can cover registration and shared lodging) to more than 1,100 individuals from diverse racial, ethnic, economic and cultural backgrounds.
The deadline to apply is June 15. For more information and for applications visit www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/npc-scholarships.html or contact the Diversity Scholarship Program at conference@nthp.org.
Historic Preservation Training in Atlanta April 13, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , add a commentWho should attend? Anyone who has not attended a previous Preservation 101 orientation, is new to historic preservation in Georgia and wants to learn about services and programs provided by the state historic preservation office (HPD) and the state nonprofit preservation organization (The Georgia Trust).
How do I register? Fill out the registration form, available at www.gashpo.org/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=389.
Please send a check made payable to the Department of Natural Resources for $30 per person along with completed registration forms for each attendee. Sorry, we cannot accept payment by credit card. The registration deadline is Tuesday, April 28.
Send to:
Preservation 101 Registration
Historic Preservation Division
34 Peachtree Street, NW
Suite 1600
Atlanta, GA 30303
What does the registration fee cover? Program materials, continental breakfast and an afternoon break. Lunch and parking are on your own.
Where is it? 2 Peachtree Street Building, at Five Points in downtown Atlanta.
You must present a photo ID to enter this building. The seminar will be held in the second floor meeting room next to the Café. A map is available at http://gba.georgia.gov/vgn/images/portal/cit_1210/7/29/75550752Hill%20Map.pdf.
Public Transportation: The Five Points MARTA station is on Peachtree Street, approximately one block from the 2 Peachtree Street Building. Visit MARTA’s Web site at www.itsmarta.com.
Driving directions: Available at http://gba.georgia.gov/00/channel_modifieddate/0,2096,59377335_75467245,00.html.
Parking: There is no onsite parking available at this building. However, there are numerous public parking lots and garages nearby, including:
· Underground Parking Garage, Decatur St. at Peachtree St. access from Decatur St. (located directly across Peachtree Street)
· Hurt Plaza Garage, 33 Hurt Plaza access from Edgewood Ave. (3 blocks away)
· 90 Central Ave. Garage access from Central Ave. (3 blocks away)
· Several surface parking lots at Central Ave. & Wall St. and Central Ave. & Decatur St. These lots are accessed from Central Ave., Wall St., Decatur St. and Pryor St.
8:30 - 9:00 Refreshments will be available.
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome & Introductions
9:15 - 10:00 Preservation Achievement Awards Presentation - Historic Preservation Division
10:00 - 10:30 Why Preserve? - Historic Preservation Division Director Ray Luce
10:30 - 11:00 Archaeology Protection & Education - Historic Preservation Division Deputy Director & State Archaeologist David Crass
11:00 - 11:30 The Georgia Trust’s programs and services - Georgia Trust President and CEO Mark McDonald
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch on your own
12:30 - 2:30 HPD staff presentations about their programs
Historic Resources Survey Program - Kenneth Gibbs
National and Georgia Registers of Historic Places - Gretchen Brock
Certified Local Government program - Jennifer Martin Lewis
Regional Preservation Planning - Leigh Burns
African American Resources and GAAHPN - Jeanne Cyriaque
Question time
2:30 - 2:45 Refreshments will be available.
2:45 - 4:45 HPD staff presentations about their programs
Environmental Review and Compliance - Betsy Shirk
Federal and State Tax Incentives - Ced Dolder
Grants - Carole Moore
Architectural Review - Bill Hover
Summing up: How all these programs work together - David Crass
Question time
4:45 Wrap-up and adjourn
City of San Diego Seeks Interns April 6, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , add a commentThe City of San Diego, City Planning & Community Investment Department is offering internships to graduate students in historic preservation for Summer 2009. Please distribute this job announcement to interested students and/or career centers at your school.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Thank you,
Jennifer
Jennifer Hirsch, AICP
Senior Planner - Historic Resources Section
Urban Form Division
City Planning & Community Investment Department
City of San Diego
202 C Street, MS 5A
San Diego, CA 92101-3860
Phone: 619.533.4543
Fax: 619.236.6478
jhirsch @sandiego.gov
www.sandiego.gov/cpci
Professors Lambin and Lim off to Hanoi, Vietnam April 4, 2009
Posted by history in : Uncategorized , add a commentt is true, we have the great honor to present our paper, “When Bad’ preservation is good Stewardship of the Historic Urban Landscape: Remapping Authenticity of Place’ with Esoteric Interpretation” at the the 12th International Seminar of Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage. Theme: “Historic Urban Landscapes. A new concept? A new category of World Heritage Sites?”
Time and internet connections allowing, I will be blogging from the conference.