Disasters and How We Overcome Them 2021 Association for Annual Meeting Preservation & Symposium Technology February 26, 2021 Northeast Chapter Virtual Symposium APTNE 2021 Schedule of Events APTNE WELCOME ADDRESS 9:00AM - 9:10AM ANNUAL APTNE President, Rebecca Buntrock MEETING & Click or Scan for Q&A KEYNOTE PRESENTATION SYMPOSIUM #APTNE21 9:10AM - 10:00AM The Social Construction of Disaster History Don Friedman Addressing Graffiti on Masonry Substrates: 10:00AM - 10:35AM Taking a Sensitive Approach Casey Weisdock APTNE Living with Water: Adaption Processes, www.aptne.org 10:35AM - 11:00AM Heritage Conservation, and Conflicting Values aptne Shivali Gaikwad aptne_ DISASTERS AND HOW linkedin.com/ groups/8351626 11:00AM - 11:15AM Coffee Break (Breakout Rooms) WE OVERCOME THEM Architects of National Identity: an Analysis of Urbanization and 11:15AM - 11:40AM Historic Preservation of Minority Religious Venues in Shaxi, Yunnan Olivia McCarthy-Kelley Disasters come in various forms, whether they be a natural disaster, a man-made disaster, or a disastrous situation. In preservation, we deal Protecting Our Diplomatic Structures: A Seismic Program Review 11:40AM - 12:15PM with each of these disasters, whether it be from planning to prevent them, Shane Maxemow and David Keller investigating the aftermath, or in overcoming them and coming out better than before. Each situation is defined in how we approach the disaster CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS 12:15PM - 12:25PM and each of us is judge d in how we react. In a time that is currently fraught APTNE Vice President, Helena Currie with various global disasters, each of us is challenged to move above and beyond, bringing our history and our buildings with us. 12:25PM - 1:45PM Lunch Break, APTNE Annual Board Meeting The virtual 2021 Symposium and Annual Meeting features 9 presentations and 1 panel discussions from professionals and local students. We have Fires & Our Cultural Heritage: included not only case studies, but also social discussions and academic 1:45PM - 2:20PM How Can We Further Protect Our Cultural Heritage research. Presenters will demonstrate how the case study contributes Chris Marrion and Esha Sangha broader knowledge to the field of preservation by providing in-depth A Phoenix Rises on East 85th Street analysis of what was learned in the course of the study or project and 2:20PM - 2:55PM Art Femenella Jr. how that applies elsewhere. Flood Barriers: Overcoming Disaster Denial and 2:55PM - 3:20PM Improving Flood Preparedness at Historic Sites Meris Westberg PRESENTATIONS ARE TIED TO ONE OF THREE TRACKS: UF Preservation Institute Nantucket Research 2020: Adaptation 3:20PM - 3:55PM Strategies for Nantucket’s National Historic Landmark District February 26, 2021 Robert Miklos and Marty Hylton 1 2 3 3:55PM - 4:10PM Coffee Break (Breakout Rooms) Research and/or Reacting to and/or Overcoming disasters, planning to better investigating the re-branding after understand, prevent, aftermath of disaster disaster, and developing PANEL DISCUSSION and mitigate disasters resiliency for future 4:10PM - 5:20PM Power to the People disasters Pascale Sablan with Venesa Alicea-Chuqui and Ellen Abraham CLOSING REMARKS 5:20PM - 5:30PM APTNE President, Rebecca Buntrock VIRTUAL RECEPTION 5:30PM - 7:30PM https://live.remo.co/e/aptne-2021-symposium-reception 2 Association for Preservation Technology Northeast APTNE 2021 Annual Meeting & Symposium 3 Please welcome Who we are our new Board Members! 2020-2021 Originally founded as the APT New York Chapter in the Alafia Akhtar is from NYC, works at Michelle Dallhoff is from NYC, works at mid-1980s, the organization was restructured in 2003 as CANY as a Project Manager, specializing WJE Engineers & Architects as a Senior Board Members in façade restoration and historic building the Association for Preservation Technology Northeast Associate. Her professional work involves conditions documentation, evaluation and investigation of distressed masonry Rebecca Buntrock Chapter (APTNE) encompassing New England, New York repair. Previously, Alafia was an Architectural facades, roof and window replacement, President State, and northern New Jersey. At present, we have over Conservator at Jablonski Building Conser- and facade condition surveys. She 300 active members. vation. Alafia has a degree in Art History routinely conducts facade assessments Helena Currie and Criticism and Business Administration and repair designs for historic masonry Vice President from Stony Brook University and an MSc in structures along with large residential and APTNE is committed to serving this geographic community Historic Preservation with a focus on Conservation from Columbia commercial towers. During the last 15 years, Michelle’s projects Patricia S. Palmiere with regional and local preservation events and outreach. University. In her free time Alafia enjoys travelling and experienc- include repair design, construction document development, Secretary We conduct workshops, co-sponsor events with local and ing different cultures and foods. Alafia also enjoys exploring differ- bidding period services, and construction observation services. statewide preservation organizations, and sponsor symposia, ent techniques in printmaking and visiting various art museums Michelle earned her bachelor’s degree in Architecture at and galleries throughout the city. Northeastern University in Boston, and a Graduate Certificate in Kurt Hirschberg including our annual meeting in late February. We support Treasurer Heritage Preservation from Empire State University. Michelle is students interested in preservation by offering free student a registered Architect in New York. Mark Anderson membership and discounted young preservation member- ship and event admission, as well as annual scholarship Ellen Lane is from NYC, works at Silman, Jessica Ouwerkerk is from NYC and Scott Aquilina opportunities. and is a structural engineer. She holds a works at Gladding McBean as the Jacqueline Bascetta BEng from McGill University and an MEng Northeast Territory Manager. Notable from MIT. Her master’s thesis involved projects include: The Chanin Building, Sloane Bullough graphic static analysis of the historic cast- 2 Park Avenue, The Ansonia, 1301 Surf As of February 26, 2021, five iron bridges of Thomas Telford in England Avenue, 400 Madison Ave, 17 Battery Adrienne Cali THANK YOU! of our Directors are stepping and Scotland. She now enjoys a range of Place, John Jay College, Old Westbury off of the work from new construction to adaptive Gardens, Providence Performing Arts Brigitte Cook As of February 26, 2021, we Board of Directors. reuse to full historic preservation projects, Center, 434 Broadway, 1185 Park Ave and would like to announce that We’d like to take the time including the New Jersey Executive Statehouse and the Fort the Flatiron Building. Previously, she worked as a preservation Stephanie Davis the Board of Directors has to thank each of them for Jefferson Lighthouse in the Dry Tortugas. She has served on consultant, with a focus on creating condition assessments for their time and dedication to the SEAoNY Young Members Committee and Student Outreach historic resources, architectural photography and research- Ken Follett several new Officers. Committee and manages various initiatives within Silman. She based interpretive projects. She holds a Master of Science in making APTNE excellent received the APTNE Student Scholarship in 2019. Historic Preservation from Columbia University and a Bachelor Olga Hathaway Helena Currie, during their terms. of Arts in Geography from Vassar College. Jennifer Kearney President Rebecca Buntrock Kevin Daly is from NYC, works at Walter Charles Kramer Corey Spitzer, 7 Years of Service, President Melvin Architects as Technical Director. We expect active participation from all Vice President In 1995, he received an MS in Historic Interested in Connie Mugno Kurt Hirschberg joining the of our board members. Typical roles Preservation in Conservation from Colum- and responsibilities include attendance APTNE Board? Tom Newbold Jacqueline Bascetta, 7 Years of Service, Treasurer bia University. Since then, he has worked monthly board calls, support of local Treasurer in private preservation/conservation Each year we have an events and our annual meeting/ James Norberg Tom Newbold consulting. He has served in a significant annual call for Board Symposium, and active participation 7 Years of Service, Director capacity for Preservation Alumni, as chair Nominations in in one or more Committees. Other Corey Spitzer of the Architecture Specialty Group of AIC, November to help keep additional responsibilities may include managing finances, secretarial duties, and is currently working on a Special Committee for APTI. He the organization thriving Amanda Trienens with new energy and website administration, outreach, and Amanda Trienens also has enjoyed volunteering in a much simpler, boots-on-the- excitement! planning of our annual Symposium. 6 Years of Service, Director ground capacity for local groups such as Landmarks West! and Jill Verhosek Open House Stephanie Davis New York. 2 Years of Service, Director 4 Association for Preservation Technology Northeast APTNE 2021 Annual Meeting & Symposium 5 10:35AM9:10AM - - 10:00AM 11:00AM Click or Scan for Q&A #APTNE21 KEYNOTE The connection between the events presented here is clear in retrospect, but perhaps not in real time. Each of these disasters had multiple causes and played The Social out in complicated ways. Newspaper accounts often focused on