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Tulane Preservation Alumni Group Tulane Preservation Alumni Group Tulane Master’s of Preservation Studies Alumni Newsletter • Spring 2014 MPS has a busy spring with interactive timeline launch and successful symposium The MPS program has had a busy spring, with two major initiatives debuting in April. The first was Preservation Matters III: The Economics of Authenticity, the third in a Tulane School of Architecture symposium series started by Dean Kenneth Schwartz in 2009. A slate of nationally-renowned urban theorists spoke at the event, which was co-hosted by the Preservation Resource Center in celebration of its 40th anniversary. LSU College of Art and Design Dean Alkis P. Tsolakis (left) with Tulane School of Archi- The blockbuster line-up included former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who just left tecture Dean Kenneth Schwartz (right) at the office this past January after 20 years of great work including huge advances revital- Preservation Matters III symposium izing Boston’s Main Streets; acclaimed author Anthony Tung, who writes about urban development around the world; preservation economics guru Donovan Rypkema, founder of PlaceEconomics; Eduardo Rojas, a heritage consultant for World Bank and other prestigious global organizations; Marsh Davis, president of Indiana Landmarks, the nation’s largest statewide preservation organization; and nationally-renowned landscape architect Charles Birnbaum, who is founder and president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation and served as the opening keynote speaker. Mayor Menino was introduced by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who said Menino has long served as a mentor and was the first leader he called on for guidance after being elected to office. Read more about the two mayors’ time in New Orleans and the great reception the event’s varied talks had in the Times-Picayune by clicking here. “At this point in our city’s long and distinguished history, New Orleans both needed and deserved a conference that seriously addresses the ‘value’ of our built heritage and its important implications going forward. The invited speakers are the best that we could find in the world,” said conference co-organizer and MPS Director John Stubbs. The MPS program also used the event as a platform to debut the New Orleans Preservation Timeline, a web-based tool that lists significant events, people, organizations and places in the history of New Orleans’ preservation movement. The history of the city’s storied leaders and the events that led to the safeguarding of the Vieux Carre and other significant structures and neighborhoods in New Orleans is presented as an interactive, chronological timeline. Users are also able to access informa- tion by reading entries about people, organizations and places, and seeing significant locations on a map. The searchable site debuted with 37 entries that were originally crafted by students in Stubbs’ Intro to Preservation Studies class and edited and rewritten by MPS graduate Gabrielle Begue of Clio Associates LLC. In- put from Professor Ann Masson and others helped shape the subjects that would be featured, and Masson also aided in a thorough editing to make sure the site is entirely accurate. The program is currently seeking funding to launch Phase II of the project, which will aim to increase the number of entries on the site to 100. FROM THE DIRECTOR The MPS program since October 2013 has progressed along with much other positive change in New Orleans. At the civic scale, things are on a positive trajectory as New Orleans ap- proaches the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Neighborhood revitalization is visible everywhere, with extraordinary progress especially being seen in the Lower Ninth Ward and the Irish Channel areas. Adaptive reuse and rehabilitation is commonplace along Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard and in the Central Business District, and numerous infrastructure projects continue, including even the re-laid track of the National Register-listed St. Charles Streetcar Line. Tourism in the Crescent City is at an all time high, the population grew by over 9,000 people in the last year alone, real estate prices have climbed. The special excite- ment and spirit associated with dynamic growth is being felt by all. Director John H. Stubbs This year’s MPS faculty and 21 students, including some eight others earning certificates and minors, have fully participated in this spirit, utilizing most every teaching modality possible, including lectures, studios, interdepartmental collaboration, internships, theses or practicums, and field trips to locales near and far—all addressing real projects and challenges facing the historic preservation community. Field trips have ranged from numerous local site visits to attending national confer- ences (National Trust or Association for Preservation Technology), to a weekend excursion up the Mississippi River to Nat- chez. The spring International Field Studies course offered a choice of studying best cultural heritage conservation practices in either Cambodia or Puerto Rico, with both trips being led by myself and with the aid of leading local experts. The faculty has continued to refine and coordinate our course offerings. With newly appointed professor and architect Beth Jacob, we explored urban conservation in Studio II at two scales by analyzing in detail a representative whole city block in the French Quarter. Later in the semester the class examined and conducted preservation planning for the sizable former St. Maurice church complex in the lower Holy Cross district as a service to a local developer. Highlights in research and public engagement were the staging of the MPS program’s biennial Preservation Matters III symposium, this year in cooperation with the Preservation Resource Center in honor of its 40th anniversary, and the cre- ation of the New Orleans Preservation Timeline project that aims to document the city’s rich and storied efforts to preserve itself. Preservation Matters III, through a stellar line-up of speakers including Charles Birnbaum, Anthony Tung, Donovan Rypkema, Marsh Davis and Eduardo Rojas and participation by Roberta Brandes Gratz and Maurice Cox, addressed the economic valuation of historic built environments as its central topic. Held at the special venue of The Historic New Orleans Collection, the gathering’s high level of seriousness was represented in inaugural addresses by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and five-time elected former Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino. An expert chronicle of the event penned by TSA Professor Richard Campanella is available for download on our website, and new strategies for improved preservation ef- forts in New Orleans are an expected outcome. The Preservation Matters III conference was the occasion to announce the Web-based New Orleans Preservation Timeline project. Initial research on over 100 entries was conducted by students in the Introduction to Preservation course that were refined by MPS graduates Gabrielle Begue, Danielle Del Sol, Beth Jacob, and Professor Ann Masson. Phase I entailed place- ment of its first 37 entries on a custom-designed database; it can be viewed at http://architecture.tulane.edu/preservation- project. Adding 70 more entries is the goal of Phase II, which will commence this fall. Plans for the coming year include stepped-up instruction in preservation advocacy taught by Danielle Del Sol, additional administrative support provided by Marie Chinappi (MPS ‘12), a special focus on research and documentation skills, and a new course on the Business and Practice of Preservation slated for Spring 2015. The past year reflected a quality in the MPS program and the School of Architecture that is as impressive as anything else; an extraordinary sense of cooperation and collaboration among faculty, students, visiting experts, and the local preservation community alike. Such sharing and collaboration offers the greatest hope of all going forward in training for and preserving the world’s historic built environments. Have a good summer all, doing interesting preservation work! MPS STUDENTS TRAVEL THE GLOBE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO By Margot Ferster, MPS ‘14 The objectives of the International Field Studies course include receiving first- hand exposure to the work of professional preservationists abroad, through visit- ing counterpart educational institutions and various conserved sites. During the 2014 MPS trip to Puerto Rico, we did just that and more. It was a fabulous expe- rience, and our host Jorge Rigau, a hugely respected local conservation architect and professor at Polytechnic University, was a phenomenal guide. He introduced us to Puerto Rico’s beautiful architecture and granted us unprecedented access to museums, historic sites, and ongoing preservation projects all over the island. Our first site visit in San Juan was incredible—we had uninhibited access to Iglesia de San Jose while it was undergoing a major restoration. We explored every nook and cranny of the exquisite 16th-century church, climbing up the extensive scaffolding and down into the catacombs under the altar. We also The group celebrates Carnival in Ponce visited Casa Blanca, originally built for Juan Ponce de Leon in 1521. Arche- ologists on staff showed us the recently discovered foundation of the property’s original kitchen. Luckily for us, the archeo- logical site was about to be buried again for protection, and we had visited just in time to catch a glimpse. Just in time for Mardi Gras, we traveled across the island to the city of Ponce. While the local Carnival celebration was much
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