Inclusivity Archives - Practical Preservation

Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Kaitlin O’Shea of Preservation in Pink

Leave a Comment / Historic Preservation, Historic preservation and restoration education, Inclusivity, Philosophical Musings, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation Education, Women in Preservation / By Danielle Keperling

Kaitlin O’Shea of Preservation in Pink, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss her blog and how preservation is a part of so much of everyday life. We covered multiple topics, including: Kaitlin’s desire growing up to live in a walkable neighborhood, and how she eventually connected that to preservation Kaitlin’s varied experiences as a …

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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 Chris Vera of Columbia Historic Preservation Society

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Community Preservation, cultural assets, Historic Preservation, Inclusivity, Local Preservation, Museum, Practical Preservation Podcast, Slavery / By Danielle Keperling

Chris Vera, president of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society in Columbia (Lancaster County), PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss Columbia history, legends, and lore. We covered multiple topics, including: Chris’s background as a child growing up in Columbia, whose passion for local history developed from working for elderly neighbors – people who preserved …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Briana Grosicki of PlaceEconomics

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, architectural salvage, Community Preservation, Economic benefits of preservation, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic streetscape, Inclusivity, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, maintaining your historic home, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Economics, Preservation and Sustainability, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Preservation Education, Rehabilitation, Salvaged materials, Why Preservation Matters, Women in Preservation / By Danielle Keperling

Briana Grosicki, associate principal of PlaceEconomics based in Washington, D.C., joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the economic benefits of preservation. We covered multiple topics, including: Briana’s background, including growing up regularly visiting local battlefields in Virginia, volunteering with her main street district as a teen, to working with Donovan Rypkema Briana’s additional roles …

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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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