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Saving Spaces offers an historical overview of the struggle to conserve both individual parcels of land and entire landscapes from destruction in the United States. John Sprinkle, Jr. identifies the ways in which the identification, evaluation, and stewardship of selected buildings and landscapes reflect contemporary American cultural values. Detailed case studies bring the text to life, highlighting various conservation strategies and suggesting the opportunities, challenges, and consequences of each. Balancing close analyses with a broader introduction to some of the key issues of the field, Saving Spaces is ideal for students and instructors of historic preservation.
List of contents
Introduction: How will they know it was us?
Chapter 1: From Period Rooms to Large Landscapes
Chapter 2: Valuing Vision
Chapter 3: San Francisco Surplus
Chapter 4: Open Space for Urban America
Chapter 5: The Recreation Movement
Chapter 6: Easements
Chapter 7: Conservation and Preservation
Appendices
2.1 Frances Bolton's Remarks at the White House Conference on Natural Beauty, 1965
3.1 Criteria for Evaluation of Surplus Federal Historical Properties, 1948
4.1 Criteria for Evaluating Historic Properties, 1961
4.2 Historic Preservation within Urban Renewal Projects 1961-1965
4.3 Urban Renewal for Historic Areas: Some Suggestions toward Getting Good Results, 1962
4.4 The Historic Community, 1959
5.1 An $11 Billion Memo, 1962
5.2 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation land classification system, 1965
5.3 National Natural Landmarks Program, 1965
7.1 Conservation by Preservation of Our Heritage
About the author
John H. Sprinkle Jr. is an historian with the National Park Service and an Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, University of Maryland, College Park.
Summary
Saving Spaces introduces the ways Americans have tried to conserve individual parcels of land as well as entire landscapes from destruction.
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Professor Sprinkle deftly identifies the ways in which the identification, evaluation, and stewardship of selected buildings and landscapes reflect contemporary American cultural values. Detailed case studies bring the text of "Saving Spaces" to life by highlighting various conservation strategies and suggesting the opportunities, challenges, and consequences of each. Balancing close analyses with a broader introduction to some of the key issues of the field, "Saving Spaces" is ideal for students and instructors of historic preservation. Thoroughly 'reader friendly' in tone, commentary, organization and presentation, "Saving Spaces" is a critically important and highly recommended addition to both community and academic library collections.-Midwest Book Review
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Professor Sprinkle deftly identifies the ways in which the identification, evaluation, and stewardship of selected buildings and landscapes reflect contemporary American cultural values. Detailed case studies bring the text of "Saving Spaces" to life by highlighting various conservation strategies and suggesting the opportunities, challenges, and consequences of each. Balancing close analyses with a broader introduction to some of the key issues of the field, "Saving Spaces" is ideal for students and instructors of historic preservation. Thoroughly 'reader friendly' in tone, commentary, organization and presentation, "Saving Spaces" is a critically important and highly recommended addition to both community and academic library collections.
-Midwest Book Review
