World Monuments Fund invites you to vote for your favorite photo in our Everyday Preservationist Photo Contest. The photos in this gallery were submitted by photographers of all levels to advocate for everyday preservation. World Monuments Fund sends preservation experts to endangered sites all over the world, but there are things we can do closer…
An article in theNew York Times (7/24, by Penelope Green), tells the story of how NYC mayoral candidate George McDonald purchased and now lives in the unique Tile House in Bay Shore, NY. Here’s a brief excerpt … “The Tile House, its local nickname, is an eccentric, Moorish-looking brick folly on the south shore…
Crew Assesses Damage To Capitol Dome – YouTube. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO5feAfw8aM]
By Trevor Brown, Wyoming Tribune Eagle CHEYENNE — A team of specialized engineers and technicians dangled 140 feet from the ground Tuesday as they rappelled down the side of the State Capitol’s dome. Equipped with tablets to record notes and take pictures, three workers* from the consulting firm of Vertical Access went inch by inch,…
Sponsored in part by a grant from NCPTT Workshop. Fri, Oct 11, 8:00 – 5:00 Sat, Oct 12, 8:00 – 4:00 Location: Ottavino Stone “American architects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries would often leave empty spaces in their blueprints and simply write, ‘Guastavino here.’ They had faith that Rafael Guastavino would create…
by Kelly Streeter This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak to a Bachelor Design Studio class from Boston Architectural College (BAC) and demonstrate the documentation of historic resources using TPAS™. Professor Johanna Rowley is directing her students in a case study at the 19th century factory of the Tremont Nail Company in Wareham,…
VA returned to the New Jersey State House dome for a condition survey with H2L2 Architects and Preservation Design Partnership on a sunny, but cold, day in March – 17 years after our first inspection with Jan Hird Pokorny Associates prior to the restoration of the dome.
by Kelly Streeter I had the opportunity to visit John Canning Painting, Plastering and Conservation Studios in Cheshire, CT last week. Bill Barry, John Riccio and I met to discuss the application and customization of the TPAS software to the types of plaster surveys they routinely do. While there, I was able to tour the…
Catching Flume Fever by Mara Ferris of Gen 9 Productions Never realizing its rich history, I have stopped many times along the Unaweep-Tabeguache Scenic byway to view the remnants of the spectacular wooden structure hanging high on the red rock walls above the San Miguel and Dolores Rivers. As a filmmaker based in Western Colorado…
Read the December 2012 Quarterly Newsletter here. Subscribe to our blog in the sidebar to get email updates as new items are posted throughout the year.
