National Alliance of Preservation Commissions the Alliance Review

National Alliance of Preservation Commissions The Alliance Review Index: 1984 – Present 2018 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 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 California: “Timothy J. McClimon writes in Forbes Magazine about the o need to connect people with places as the preservation movement continues.” o Iowa: “Former Iowa schools are finding new life as apartments.” Maryland: “The offices of the Patapsco Heritage Greenway along o Tonge Row in Ellicott City have been rehabilitated through the Historic Ellicott City Revitalization Grant Program.” Michigan: “The 127-year-old Crapo Bank building in Bay City is o reopening after a nearly three-year redevelopment project that transformed the building into a multi-use structure…” Texas: “The Woolworth Store, site of a peaceful integration in 1960, o sits on Alamo Plaza in San Antonio and is threatened in part due to its location.” Vermont: “Highschool teacher Steve Butz has been working for five o 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 – Roderick Scott, 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 Florida: “Shotgun houses and wood-frame cottages that were once o ubiquitous in the historically black neighborhood of West Coconut Grove are fast disappearing under a wave of redevelopment and gentrification.” North Carolina: “The Waynesville Historic Preservation Commission o has made it possible for area fourth graders to have a fun way to get to know their town’s history.” Oregon: “About half of the residents of Portland’s picturesque o Eastmoreland neighborhood want the neighborhood to be designated a historic district...” Spring 2018: Des Moines Forum Preview – A Preservation Caucus • Do More in Des Moines: For Forum Visitors, Downtown Offers Lots of Options for Downtime – Michael Morain, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs • Des Moines from Frontier Outpost to the Heart of Iowa – Lauren Sadowsky, State Historian and National Register Coordinator at the State Historical Society of Iowa • Architecture of Downtown Des Moines: Some Highlights from the Twentieth Century and Beyond –Paula Mohr, Architectural Historian and CLG Program, Iowa Dept. of Cultural Affairs • A Half-Century of Preservation in Des Moines – Mary Neiderbach, Senior City Planner, City of Des Moines • The Buried City Beautiful: The Archaeology of Des Moines – William E. Whittaker, Research Director of the State Archaeologist at the University of Iowa and Editor of the Journal of the Iowa Archaeological Society • Evolution, Acceptance, and Change: The Main Street Approach as a Catalyst for Revitalization – Michael Wagler, Main Street Iowa State Coordinator • Tour Opportunities During Forum 2018 – Paula Mohr, Architectural Historian and CLG Program, Iowa Dept. of Cultural Affairs • Staff Profile: Stephanie Paul, Executive Director, National Alliance of Preservation Commissions □ State News o California: “The atrium of the Wells Fargo building in Los Angeles was recently demolished, and it came as a shock to local advocacy groups.” o Georgia: “Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birth home, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Prince Hall Masonic Temple (the initial headquarters of the SCLC) and King’s burial site have all been upgraded from national historic sites to a national historic park.” Iowa: “A grant through the Iowa State Historic Preservation Office has o been earmarked for an intensive survey of the “Smokey Row” neighborhood in Waterloo. New Jersey: “Henry Kip and his brother Peter were members of a ragtag o militia that walked Polifly Ridge, the last defense against British troops looking to pillage the farms of Bergen County...” New York: “The Buffalo Preservation Board is considering the o designation of two Frank Lloyd Wright -designed residences in the city as local landmarks, over objections from the owners of the property.” Pennsylvania: “The blocks between the Delaware waterfront and o Independence Mall are home to one of the richest collections of architecture in all of Philadelphia…” South Carolina: “Nearly two dozen gravestones at the Olde Presbyterian o Church cemetery in downtown Lancaster were knocked down or broken after a concert inside the historic church building which now serves as a cultural arts center.” o Texas: “El Paso Community College is looking to add a new parking garage to its Rio Grande Campus…” Virginia: “Engineered by Claudius Crozet in 1856, the Blue Ridge o Tunnel was meant to serve as a railroad passage through Afton Mountain…” Winter 2018: Exploring Alternative Preservation and Evaluation Tools • Saving Portland’s Architectural Heritage – Carrie Sturrock, Writer and Company Storyteller for Indow Window • Non Market Valuation of Historic Buildings – Lauren McCroskey, architectural historian and Program Manager for the Technological Center of Expertise for the Preservation of Historic Structures and Buildings, Army Corps of Engineers • San Francisco Mission Murals Inventory Project – Lyndy Secrist Morris, Planner for the City of Houston Planning & Development Dept. • Toward Equity in Historic Preservation: A Study of Seattle and Greater King County, Washington – Kirsten Freeman, Graduate of the Historic Preservation joint program at Clemson University and College of Charleston • “I GET IT” Moments and the Story of Historic Preservation Advocacy in 2017 – Russ Carnahan, President of Preservation Action • Volunteer Profile: Peter Brink, Vice Chair of Norwich Historic Preservation Commission in Norwich, VT • Spotlight on a Preservation Organization: DOCOMOMO US □ State News California: “The Long Beach Cultural Heritage Commission recently voted to o designate the ‘world famous’ sign from VIP Records a Long Beach historic landmark.” Iowa: “The Davenport Historic Preservation Commission unanimously o voted against a request from the Public Works Department to remove an intersection at 5th Street and Western Avenue in Davenport from the list of protected brick streets so it could replace it with asphalt.” o Mississippi: “The Carnation Plant in Tupelo, Mississippi opened in 1927…” o New York: “The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced plans for a preservation easement on the property once belonging to Madam C.J. Walker.” o Ohio: “Steve Coon, a developer who specializes in historic restoration, is planning to breathe life into Ohio’s famous but vacant Big Basket.” Tennessee: “Cheatham County Mayor Kerry McCarver is one of 72 o county mayors statewide to express support of moving President James K. Polk’s tomb and remains from the Tennessee State Capitol to the James K. Polk Ancestral Home and Museum

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