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Practical Preservation Podcast COVID ROUNDTABLE Featuring John O’Brien of West Chester BID and Jim Brown of HPT of Lancaster County

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Economic benefits of preservation, Help for Historic Business Owners, Historic streetscape, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Economics / By Laura Kise

John O’Brien, Director of West Chester, PA’s Business Improvement District, and Jim Brown, Vice-President of Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, in Lancaster, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss their organization’s respective responses to COVID-19. We covered multiple topics, including: Background information about John and Jim, and on both West Chester PA Business …

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VETERANS DAY: Pennsylvania’s Preserved Military History

2 Comments / cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Federal Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Restoration, History education, Museum, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Preservation and Sustainability, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation Education, Why Preservation Matters / By Danielle Keperling

VETERANS DAY – A day to honor those who served. This day has been observed in some form for a century, but preserved structures of all kinds – from memorials, to monuments, to buildings – provide tangible evidence of that observance, solidifying the impact of veterans’ actions in the conscious memory. Visiting these physical traces …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Tim Freund of Lancaster Cemetery

Leave a Comment / Cemeteries, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Historic Preservation, Historic preservation and restoration education, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation Education / By Danielle Keperling

Tim Freund of Lancaster Cemetery in Lancaster, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the history, preservation, and ongoing use of the cemetery. We covered multiple topics, including: How Tim’s living in close proximity to the cemetery coupled with his civic-mindedness inspired his current membership on the cemetery board The challenges of maintaining any …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Sam McKelvey and Alice French of the Menokin Foundation

Leave a Comment / architectural salvage, coastal heritage, Colonial Architecture, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, History education, House museums, Inclusivity, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Museum, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation in the News, Salvaged materials, Saving a building, Slave History, Slave Houses, Slavery, Tradesman, Tradespeople / By Danielle Keperling

Sam McKelvey and Alice French – executive director and director of education – of the Menokin Foundation in Warsaw, VA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss their preservation project, and the Foundation’s many services. We covered multiple topics, including: Sam and Alice’s respective backgrounds in history, preservation, and related fields, and how working at …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Dominique Hawkins of Preservation Design Partnership

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, climate heritage, coastal heritage, Community Preservation, Cultural landscape, damage, flood insurance, Foodways, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic streetscape, house and structural moves, keeping history above water, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Safety, Women in Preservation / By Danielle Keperling

Dominique Hawkins, founder and managing principal of Preservation Design Partnership based in Philadelphia, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss flood mitigation in historic areas. We covered multiple topics, including: Dominique’s background in design, architecture, and historic preservation, including her early career transition from architecture for housing developments to the world of historic preservation, …

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LABOR DAY: Preserving its meaning, sustaining our workforce

Leave a Comment / cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Economic benefits of preservation, Historic Preservation, Iron work, Local Preservation, Museum, Preservation and Economics, Skilled labor, Skilled labor shortage, State Preservation, Tradesman, Tradespeople, Why Preservation Matters / By Danielle Keperling

LABOR DAY – although it was yesterday, we feel it’s timely to discuss it. Now known as the unofficial end of Summer, a time for store sales, or an extra long weekend for some. But the history and meaning behind the day represent the struggles of laborers in the American workforce, and collective issues that …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring the Meyers of White Chimneys

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Colonial Architecture, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Reconstruction, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, Indoor Air Quality, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, maintaining your historic home, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Products Materials and Methods, retrofitting / By Laura Kise

Jack and Jessica Meyer – father-daughter owners of White Chimneys in Gap (Lancaster County), PA – joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss their property’s history and their business. We covered multiple topics, including: The Meyers’ realization of their historic preservation values through the purchase and renovation of White Chimneys over the past 15 years …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Adam Zurn of Uncharted Lancaster

2 Comments / Community Preservation, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, History education, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, State Preservation / By Laura Kise

Adam Zurn, founder of Uncharted Lancaster, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss his website’s dual function as an educational and adventure tool. We covered multiple topics, including: How his background as a child of the 1980s influenced his curious, adventurous side, and the inspiration for Uncharted Lancaster How Uncharted Lancaster includes “adventures” with directions …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Jeffrey Marshall of Heritage Conservancy

Leave a Comment / architectural style, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Help for Historic Home Owners, help for historic homeowners, Historic Preservation, Historic preservation and restoration education, Historical Architecture, History education, Inclusivity, Local Preservation, period architecture, planning, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Sustainability, Preservation Education, Preserving a building, Sustainability, Why Preservation Matters / By Laura Kise

Jeffrey Marshall, the president of Heritage Conservancy in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the organization’s mission and work conserving and preserving a combination of natural and cultural heritage resources in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We covered multiple topics, including: Jeffrey’s background combining his lifelong loves of nature, history, and architecture with his graduate …

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Preservation and Inclusivity

Leave a Comment / cultural assets, Cultural landscape, Inclusivity, Slave History, Slave Houses, Slavery / By Danielle Keperling

Here at Keperling Preservation Services, we focus primarily on built history. But built history and places are relevant because of people. Examining architecture out of the human context lacks the same significance. People and their shared stories and history are the foundation upon which we build the house of preservation. We’re currently living through a …

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