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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Amy Heavilin of Vivacious Victorian

Leave a Comment / Historical Architecture, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preserving a building, Rehabilitation, Saving a building, Victorian Architecture / By Danielle Keperling

Amy Heavilin of Vivacious Victorian joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss documenting the restoration of multiple homes! Amy shares her lessons learned from multiple restoration projects including: know your limits, ask questions, and find local people to build your resource list. If you are looking for inspiration for your project visit Amy’s blog (after …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Bill Callahan of PA SHPO

Leave a Comment / Community Preservation, cultural assets, Economic benefits of preservation, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Local Preservation, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Economics, Preservation and Sustainability, Preserving a building, Saving a building, State Preservation, Sustainability, Tax, Why Preservation Matters / By Danielle Keperling

Bill Callahan, the Western, PA Community Preservation Coordinator for the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO is a bureau within the PA Historical and Museum Commission) in Pittsburgh, PA, joined the Practical Preservation Podcast to discuss the state organization’s myriad services. We covered multiple topics, including: Bill’s background, including how exposure to the negative impacts of …

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Coffee Break RECAP: Existing Building Codes

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, Building Codes, Coffee Break Recap, Contractor, Energy efficiency, Help for Historic Business Owners, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, historical integrity, historical interiors, Home exterior, home interiors, house and structural moves, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, maintaining your historic home, Preserving a building, Rehabilitation, Replacement in kind, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

COFFEE BREAK RECAP – This month’s “coffee break” video recap focuses on how to navigate the existing building code and uniform construction code within your historic building project in Pennsylvania. Watch below. VIDEO SUMMARY: Focus: Exemptions (Existing Building Code) and things liable to the Uniform Construction Code, depending on the parameters of a historic …

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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 MONTH PART 2: How to Preserve a Building

Leave a Comment / Community Preservation, Federal Preservation, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, How to Preserve a Building, Preservation Month, Preserving a building, Rehabilitation, Resources, Saving a building, State Preservation, Uncategorized / By Danielle Keperling

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