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This past week Preservation Texas held its annual Preservation Summit to unveil the 2012 Texas Most Endangered Places and to discuss current preservation issues in Texas. UTSA Historic Preservation program was represented at the summit by graduate students Kim Collins and Diana Luis, who are also an intern and volunteer at the organization. While there, these students were able to actively participate in discussions including fundraising, advocacy, outreach and sustainability. They were also witnesses to the unveiling of this year’s Most Endangered Places which include a theater, church, homes, inns, and even a nineteenth century moveable jail. The summit closed with a call for all preservationist to become “Warriors” and “not to mess Texas History.”

For more info please visit:
Texas 2012 Preservation Summit
2012 Texas Most Endangered Places

Winner of the Preservation Texas, Texas’ Most Endangered Places, the Blas Herrera Ranch is under receiving the tender loving care it needs and deserves, and now stands proud in its beautiful, newly preserved, white stucco exterior. According to Ron Baumi, from the San Antonio Conservation Society, improvements over the past few months included:

The north wall fireplace and chimney being reconstructed; northwest corner rebuilt with native stone, plastered and whitewashed; south jacal wall repaired around the two window; west rear jacal wall braced to slow it’s eastward movement; All window and door openings were boarded up and vented; a coat of white paint on non-historic exterior plaster; and rush clean up.

While still a work in progress, that which has been done speaks volumes. [Diana Luis]

For more information on the Blas Herrera Ranch and other endagered places in Texas please click here or visit preservationtexas.org

UTSA Graduate Student, Diana Luis, was one of the two winners of the Historic Preservation Association scholarship to attend the National Trust of Historic Preservation Conference 2011 in Buffalo NY. While there, she took full advantage of the various opportunities, including a field excursion to the “Hidden from Sight- Honoring the History of Native People” in Buffalo’s Native American Heritage. In this field trip, she was able to observe the growing relationship between the National Trust, the Buffalo Historic Society, and the Buffalo Native American communities. Together, these groups have been able to protect several sites of cultural and historic significance, including two underwater, and educate students about the rich heritage of Buffalo’s Native community. Other activities of interest that she was able to attend included Opening Plenary, given by author James Howard Kunstler, Young Preservation Rendezvous, session on digitalizing archives and Section 106 online, the Candlelight House Tour, and tour of the Richardson Olmstead Complex. This was one of the largest conferences in National Trust history, and Diana felt both honored and privileged to help represent UTSA and HPA there.

On October 26th, UTSA Graduate Students Katie Totman, HPA President, and Diana Luis attended the Centro Partnership San Antonio and SA 2020 Downtown Strategic Framework Plan in regards to the proposed urban development plan. The purpose of the plan is to increase city center living by nearly 8,000 as well as create a sustainable urban culture by 2020. Made up of Centro Partnership San Antonio, city architects, urban planners, neighborhood associations, and people who just love the city center, the meeting highlighted past progress and decisions, as well as asked its participants to reassess its priorities and key in on the important issues that could help the proposal succeed. A lively and heated discussion about these issues reinforced the proposed arguments with a consensus agreeing that the best means to obtain the SA2020 goal would be through clearer urban mobility, affordable housing, and economic development. A final plan should be drafted by December 2011.

For more information on SA2020, visit their website at http://www.sa2020.org/

On Thursday, September 29th, the UTSA’s Preservation Technology class embarked on a grand adventure to Natchitoches, Louisiana (pronounced Nack-o-tish) for two nights. Why Natchitoches you may wonder? I will tell you why. The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) is located in this small college town, and nothing short of magic is worked there. Perhaps “magic” is a bit of an exaggeration. The science and great minds utilizing that science is astounding. The class had the pleasure of visiting the town’s historic cemetery and Magnolia plantation, where they witnessed a number of preservation techniques dealing with granite, brick, plaster, and bousillage.The incredible research the NCPTT accomplishes each year ranges from granite cemetery headstone restoration, rapid weatherization for various materials, and a number of other inventions that may soon be utilized worldwide by preservationists.

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

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One weekend in February, a group of UTSA student volunteers from the HPA partnered withthe Office of Historic Preservation to restore a in the historic San Antonio neighborhood ofDignowitty Hill. We worked with local contractor Victor Salas and his crew, along with onerepresentative from the Office of Historic Preservation, to make the necessary improvements toassist the current owners to make the necessary repairs so they could move in sooner. The houseat 515 Hays St. did not seem so bad from the outside, due to a recent paint job and small repairs,but inside it was in pretty bad shape. According to the two owners, after purchasing the housein an auction for under $4,000, it was interesting to find homeless people living there on theirfirst visit to the site. It was in such bad shape, structurally, that it had shifted 4’ away from itsoriginal foundation. The house was blue with a small inset porch and was across from some lowincome housing.

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descargar fruit ninja para nintendo ds Due to the fact that this event was intended to provide some introductory experience in windowrestoration and to the small group of volunteers, the scope was limited to focusing on restoringthe windows in the front portion of the house. This involved stripping the wood of paintand then rubbing it with linseed oil and mineral spirits, the removal of the window frames,followed by the removal of the glazing, their stripping of the window frame of any paint, and therehanging of the windows in the front portion of the house.

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Once everyone had arrived we divided into two groups, with one stripping paint off the trim ofthe windows while the other started removing the window frames from the walls. Then Victorshowed some of the volunteers how to remove the existing glass in the frames to get them readyto be hung. As the windows became ready, Victor showed us how to hang them, using long,cylindrical metal weights and ropes which hang in the walls to the sides of the actual windowsand work to keep the windows in place.

It was really inspiring to see how much energy all the volunteers brought to this project andhow willing Victor and the other workers were to volunteer their time on a weekend. Thecoordination between the Office of Historic Preservation, and the HPA was not a simple task—ittook several meetings and lots of emails to get everything in place. This event gave the studentsan opportunity to actually experience preservation in a very hands-on way. Plus, the HPA isplanning a similar event where we will be working on several houses in the neighborhood. Theproject at 515 Hays St. was partly the wind-up for this much larger volunteer project which willinclude a large group of student volunteers spread out in a number of Dignowitty Hill houses andfour days at the end of March and beginning of April.

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This past week Steven Ayers, Architect of the Capitol of the United States, came and visited with HPA members about the role of the Capitol Architect; the preservation, sustainability, and construction mission of the Capitol; and the importance of working in the public sector.

The Capitol Architect is responsible for 450 acres of Capitol grounds, the 16.5 million square feet of office space, the artwork inside these buildings, the grounds around them, and the day to day operations of the buildings.  The Architect also serves on some 22 community and civic professional boards.  These boards give the Architect a voice in the community and the changes that occur to it.  The Architect preserves the history and documents that allow future preservationist to understand and further the preservation mission of the Capitol.  The Capitol is constantly adjusting to the needs of the legislative branch as it strives to achieve its work of serving the public.

The preservation philosophy of the Capitol is to maintain the current and historic appearance of the Capitol with concern to maintenance and new construction projects.  Fresco paintings, sculptures, flooring, wall coverings, gold leafing, furniture are all maintained, preserved, and created by a talented staff of craftsmen and artists that are employed in the Architect of the Capitol office.  These crafts must be maintained for future preservation of the Capitol.

As new codes are passed the Capitol must be adapted to accommodate these codes as best as can be, while still preserving the appearance and symbolic meaning of the Capitol.  Fire codes demand that fire suppression systems be installed in the capitol.  To achieve this without disturbing the appearance of the frescos and domes, sprinkler heads are strategically placed in flowers and paintings so that their location is concealed when looking from visitors’ perspective.  ADA ramps require new construction that cannot be hidden in the same way that other systems can.  Ramps are built to look like they were there since the Capitol was originally constructed.

Major new additions, such as the visitor center, require a high degree of design consideration.  The visitor center was located underground on the east side of the Capitol in a way that did not majorly affect the surrounding view of the Capitol dome.  The visitor center also took design cues from the Capitol and other buildings around Capitol square in a contemporary design scheme.  This allows for a continuity of design while still giving a modern design aesthetic.

A major goal of the Architect is to achieve sustainability within the Capitol grounds.  Measures include replacing light bulbs, improving ventilation system efficiency, and measuring and reporting building energy data.  The Capitol is seeking a goal of 50 percent energy efficiency in 2017.  To achieve this small measures have been performed to increase the building’s performance.  As the “low hanging fruit” has been picked, new measures such as improved central utility plant are being undertaken.

The Architect spoke of the joy and passion for working in the public sector.  This includes working with senators and representatives in performing the day to day task, wide range of events, and major celebrations that occurs non-stop on the Capitol grounds.  This work preserves the symbolism and values that are portrayed by the Capitol.

On behalf of the HPA, I thank Steven Ayers and his staff for making this event a success.  It was a great workshop and lecture that allow members to learn a unique part of preservation and architecture.

A group of about 15 HPA members (and HPA enthusiasts) got a special tour of Mission San Jose led by Ivan and Miroslav, two of the people working on the restoration of the mission church’s façade. Both Ivan and Miroslav are actually based in the Northeast, so having them fly down to work on this project is pretty exciting. Plus you can tell immediately how passionate they are about preserving the mission. The tour began with Ivan giving us a little background on the church itself, showing us how the imagery on the façade makes this building distinctly Spanish colonial instead of Spanish. He also talked about how they began to assess the state of the materials on the façade by simply looking at them and examining them from their lift. For some time they tried not to actually touch anything on the church, but just to take note of the building’s current state and where there was damage.

After this introduction to the project, Ivan took us into their studio space at the mission. Here, he and Miroslav showed us some of what they are working on. They have clay models of stones that they will be recreating and drawings of the finished façade. They also showed us some of the tools they use on this particular kind of stone which can be relatively soft.

What was interesting is how they determine what to restore and what to preserve, especially because some of what you see on the church today is actually from a restoration effort that took place several decades ago, around mid-century. It is important to know the difference. Also, Ivan said that one of the things they have to keep in mind is that the work that he and his team do has to serve two purposes: it has to be recognizable to any future conservators who will need to know what is original and what is more recent while also blending in with the façade as a whole so that the casual observer sees no difference between their work and the original stonework.

One issue Ivan brought up that was new to me was the idea that whatever restoration they do now needs to be identifiable to future preservationists. Around the 1940s and 50s, there was an effort to restore the façade of this church and now Ivan and his team have to determine what was done then and what was done originally. It makes sense that a conservator would have to know what the item they are working on originally looked like, especially on a project like this where there may be periods of time when no one is actively working on the building and records of what was done by this team may be misplaced. The question of how to differentiate between the façade’s first state and anything done later to maintain it can be difficult. For Ivan, it means using a mortar with a very subtle color. The idea is that to the observer on the ground, the whole façade appears uniform. Only the next generation of conservators who come to work on this building would clearly be able to identify where Ivan and his team had touched the façade.

The final part of this tour was going up in the lift in pairs to get a close look at the façade. This was definitely something the ordinary visitor to Mission San Jose would not get a chance to do. Seeing the upper part of the building up close really allowed me to appreciate the attention to detail that anyone working on restoring it would have to have. While there is still a lot of work to be done on the church, it was inspiring to see how much enthusiasm Ivan and Miroslav have for this project. They both seem to be excited about what they are doing here and about sharing it. For students interested in historic preservation as a career, this event was a unique opportunity to get a close look at work being done in this field.

Should preservation actually be called continuity? Would that define it in a way that is easier for people to understand? Is preservation’s overall goal to maintain our cultural heritage by continuing to use and enjoy our existing built environment? Does this goal naturally align preservation with the green movement? Has ‘green’ been taken away from preservationists? How can they reclaim it?

These were some of the questions raised at the Fitch Forum 2011—an event held at Columbia University on February 5^th to discuss New York City’s Landmarks Law 45 years after its creation. The Fitch Forum is named for preservationist James Marston Fitch and is meant to be a forum for the exchange of ideas and information about preservation efforts around the country. HPA was able to help send two representatives to this event, Sara Ludueña and Katie Totman. We arrived without much background knowledge of preservation law. As the day went on, we learned that New York City was one of the first cities in the country to establish a historic preservation ordinance and it came about for various specific reasons. One is the fact that the city is forward-moving with extremely limited space. Another was the demolition of the original Pennsylvania Station building. With the destruction of this beautiful building and its replacement with a dark, massive underground maze, New Yorkers began to feel that it would be worthwhile to work to maintain their city’s cultural heritage through preservation.

The forum consisted of various panel discussions addressing different aspects of preservation and preservation law. One of the most interesting discussions began with presentations on the preservation work being done in three cities: Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle. Each of the three presenters talked about specific issues they have to deal with. All three of these cities, like many around the country, model their preservation laws and ordinances on New York’s, but each has a distinct cultural heritage and history that can require different approaches.

Another very interesting presentation was done by John Weiss and dealt with demolition by neglect, which is when a building falls into such disrepair through lack of action on the part of the owner that it eventually has to be demolished. Mr. Weiss, who is Deputy Counsel to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, identifies historic/significant buildings that are in this situation. When he finds a building that he feels is worth saving, he and the people he works with go about trying to contact the building’s owners to get them to start restoration. Mr. Weiss talked about some of the problems they face once they find a building they want to save. These problems range from locating the owner to simply getting safely inside the building to assess its condition. Since this is a new field of preservation law, Mr. Weiss said it is very important to choose their battle wisely. He showed images of several buildings he and his team had managed to rehabilitate around New York City.

In the last panel of the day, one of the panelists made a plea to anyone who works in preservation to use all the ‘tools in the preservation toolbox’ meaning that we need to be creative and radical to really make a difference in preservation. She also pointed out that there is a pretty broad lack of understanding among people of what preservation really is. According to her, preservation is a field that hasn’t really defined itself yet. This is partly because it involves so many different disciplines and requires considerable cooperation between offices and individuals. This seems like it could both help and hurt preservation as it develops. On the one hand, facilitating communication and cooperation between several offices can make work difficult and slow. On the other hand, it means having a variety of perspectives represented and that to work in preservation, you don’t have to be an architect—many different professions can play a part.