National Alliance of Preservation Commissions the Alliance Review Index: 1984 – Present 2020 Winter 2020 Issue
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National Alliance of Preservation Commissions The Alliance Review Index: 1984 – Present 2020 Winter 2020 Issue: • In Memoriam: Bernie Callahan – Cory Kegerise and NAPC Board of Directors • Salvage City: Recycling History One Object at a Time – Jacqueline Dyer, architectural historian and Project Coordinator at National Alliance of Preservation Commissions • Saving Religious Properties: Holy Rosary Church – Jennifer Mortensen, Outreach Director for the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation • Tools for the On-Line Preservationist: The US Modernist Library • Historic Wall Signs Preserve Mooresville’s Past – Tim Brown, landscape architect and senior planner for Town of Mooresville, NC • Hidden Murals of the Ebell Club of Los Angeles – Caroline Labiner, Board Member of NAPC and of the Ebell Club of Los Angeles • World of Wood: Clear as Glass VII – Michael Sullivan, historian and Principal of Artifacts Consulting, Inc. • Recovery Constinues in Nashville’s Historic Districts Following Tornado – Robin Zeigler, Historic Zoning Administrator for Nashville’s Metro Historic Zoning Commission and Phil Thomason, Principal of Thomason & Associates and NAPC Board Member • What If We Thought Further About Our Roles As Experts As We Engage in Community Outreach – Betsy Bradley, NAPC Board Member and professor at Goucher College’s Master’s Program in Historic Preservation • Volunteer Profile: Courtney Theis, Commissioner, Mount Pleasant (SC) Historic Commission • Spotlight on a Preservation Organization: The Cultural Landscape Foundation □ State News 2019 Fall 2019: Windows • What They’re Saying on NAPC-L: Cost of Repairing vs. Replacing Wood Windows – NAPC-L Members • Saving Windows, Saving Money: Evaluating the Energy Performance of Window Retrofit and Replacement – National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preservation Green Lab • Common Window (Industry) Myths – updated version of a previous NAPC publication • Window Repair and Restoration Basics – Preservation Pennsylvania • Doing More than Saving Windows – Betsy Bradley, NAPC Board Member and professor at Goucher College’s Master’s Program in Historic Preservation • Composites: The New Replacement Window – Phil Thomason, Principal of Thomason & Associates and NAPC Board Member • Reviewing Window Replacement: A Proposed Approach to Small Projects – John Sandor, Architectural Historian in the Technical Preservation Services Division of the National Park Service • Storm Windows – excerpt from “Considering the Repair, Replacement, and Retrofit of Historic Windows” produced by Preservation Pennsylvania • What If We Thought Further About Our Values and Power Over Window Replacement Proposals – Betsy Bradley, NAPC Board Member and professor at Goucher College’s Master’s Program in Historic Preservation • Tools for the On-Line Preservationist: Windows Through Time • Spotlight on a Preservation Organization: Window Preservation Alliance □ State News Summer 2019: Local Commissions Explore New Ways to Preserve • Seizing the Positive: How Waverly, Iowa Turned Disaster into Opportunity – Karen Shostrom Lehmann, Information Literacy Librarian Emerita at Wartburg College • A Quick Response (QR) Saves Historical Sign Project – Lyn Myers, Certified Interpretive Guide and a Science and Nature Educator for the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL • Using Public Data to Preserve Historic Resources – Abbi Jo Whitman, Stillwater City Planner and staff liaison to the Stillwater Heritage Preservation Commission, Michael Koop, Certified Local Government Coordinator for the Minnesota SHPO • Spokane’s Mid-Century Modern Survey and Social Media Campaign – Aaron Bragg, helveticka, Megan Duvall, Historic Preservation Officer for City of Spokane • Saving Places in the Digital Age – Briana Grosicki, Associate Principal at Place Economics • A New Technology for Telling the Preservation Story: ESRI ArcGIS StoryMap – Lisa Craig, Principal of The Craig Group • PastForward 2019 Preservation Conference Comes to Denver – Colleen Danz, Forum Marketing Manager in the Preservation Division of the National Trust for Historic Preservation • Staff Profile: Megan Duvall, Historic Preservation Officer, Spokane City/County Historic Preservation □ State News Spring 2019: A Look at Alternative Materials for Historic Buildings • “And, Where Possible, Materials” – Considering Alternative Materials – Sharon Ferarro, Historic Preservation Coordinator for the City of Kalamazoo, Bob Yapp, President of Preservation Resources, Inc. • FAUX REAL: The Sculpted Story of Baltimore’s Formstone – Walter Gallas, Preservation Planner with Baltimore’s Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation • TEN YEARS AFTER: A New Look at Alternative Materials – Kelsey Lamkin, Architectural Historian with Thomason and Associates in Nashville • The Latest on Solar Roofs, Solar Shingles, and Solar Tiles – Kelly Pickerel, Editor in Chief of Solar Power World • Asbestos Roof Tile Replacement – NAPC Members • SPOTLIGHT on a Preservation Organization: The Preservation Trades Network, Ghent, New York • Staff Profile: Brian J. Carter, Executive Director, 4Culture □ State News Winter 2019: Planes, Trains, and Funiculars: Working with Historic Transportation Infrastructure • Adapting Aviation Infrastructure in Order to Preserve It – Brantley Hightower, AIA, Architect, Author, and Educator • Rolling Stock: Working with Moving Histories – Sarah Steen, Landmarks Coordinator for King County (Washington) Historic Preservation Program, Richard R. Anderson, Executive Director of the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, Washington • Form (Preservation) Follows Function – Erik Nelson, Transportation Planner for the City of Fredericksburg, VA • Belgian Blocks and Beyond: Creating Accessible Historic Streetscapes – Jeff Byles, AICP and Denisha Williams, RLA, Partnership Director and Principal, respectively, of Being Here Landscape Architecture & Environmental Design, PLLC • Angels Flight Railway – Persisting and Thriving – Caroline Labiner, Architect and Board Member of NAPC, the Windsor Square Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, the Park Mile Specific Plan, and the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council, Samuel Hopp, worked at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority • SPOTLIGHT on a Preservation Organization: The Historic Bridge Foundation, Austin, TX • Volunteer Profile: John H. Welborne □ State News 2018 Fall 2018: Lessons from Des Moines – FORUM 2018 • FORUM 2018 – A Preservation Caucus in Des Moines – James Hewat, Senior Historic Preservation Planner for the City of Boulder, Colorado • Preservation Leadership Honored at FORUM – Deb Andrews, Historic Preservation Program Manager for the City of Portland, Maine • FORUM Scholarships Awarded to Preservation’s Future Top Talent – Jacqueline Johnson, Diversity & Inclusion Strategist • Bursting at the Seams: Development Pressure and Community Response – Don Davis, Chair of the Raleigh (NC) Historic Development Commission • Historic Preservation: Part of the Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis – Donovan Rypkema, Principal of PlaceEconomics • SPOTLIGHT on a Preservation Organization: The Quapaw Quarter Association, Little Rock, Arkansas □ State News o California: “Timothy J. McClimon writes in Forbes Magazine about the need to connect people with places as the preservation movement continues.” o Iowa: “Former Iowa schools are finding new life as apartments.” o Maryland: “The offices of the Patapsco Heritage Greenway along Tonge Row in Ellicott City have been rehabilitated through the Historic Ellicott City Revitalization Grant Program.” o Michigan: “The 127-year-old Crapo Bank building in Bay City is reopening after a nearly three-year redevelopment project that transformed the building into a multi-use structure…” o Texas: “The Woolworth Store, site of a peaceful integration in 1960, sits on Alamo Plaza in San Antonio and is threatened in part due to its location.” o Vermont: “Highschool teacher Steve Butz has been working for five years on Egg Mountain in Sandgate to answer the question, “Was this site related to Daniel Shays, [and] if so, how?” o Wyoming: The landmark Wyoming National Bank building in Casper is for sale.” Summer 2018: Rising Water, Rising Challenges – Elevating Historic Buildings Out of Harm’s Way • Resilience in Annapolis – Creating a Cultural Resource Hazard Mitigation Plan – Lisa Craig, Director of Resilience at Michael Baker International • Design Guidelines for Elevating Buildings – The Charleston Process – Dennis J. Dowd, Director of Urban Design and Preservation/City Architect for the City of Charleston • Rising Waters – Raising Historic Buildings – Christopher Wand, AIA • Challenges on the Coast – Flood Mitigation and Historic Buildings – RoderickScott, Certified Flood Plain Manager, Louisette Scott, Certified Flood Plain Manager and Planning Director in Mandeville, LA • Past Forward 2018 Presentation Conference – Next Stop, San Francisco – Collen Danz, Forum Marketing Manager in the Preservation Division of the National Trust for Historic Preservation • Staff Profile: Joe McGill, Founder, Slave Dwelling Project □ State News o Florida: “Shotgun houses and wood-frame cottages that were once ubiquitous in the historically black neighborhood of West Coconut Grove are fast disappearing under a wave of redevelopment and gentrification.” o North Carolina: “The Waynesville Historic Preservation Commission has made it possible for area fourth graders to have a fun way to get to know their town’s history.” o Oregon: “About half of the residents of Portland’s picturesque Eastmoreland