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New Ways to Stay on Top of Preservation News

  Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Blog The Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Office (PHPO) has launched a new blog “PA Historic Preservation” where  you can keep up with all the preservation happenings in Pennsylvania. From their blog: [quote style=”3″] “The Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Office (PHPO) is part of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The Commission is the Commonwealth’s official …

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Speaking of Historic Preservation… Concepts, Terms, and Options by Cory Kegerese of the PHMC

While doing some research for another blog post, I stumbled across this presentation by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s Community Preservation Coordinator for Eastern Pennsylvania Cory R. Kegerese.  It’s a great overview of what historic preservation is in Pennsylvania, who the “major players” are at a local, state, and federal level, as well as …

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A surprising answer to the question, "What do preservationists do?"

Rhonda Sincavage (Associate Director for Intergovernmental Affairs at the National Trust for Historic Preservation) talks about what historic preservationists do, and what they look like (we’re not the little old, blue-haired women most people think of, she points out).  And most importantly, how historic preservation encourages economic growth, incubates independent and small business growth, promotes …

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Sealing up a window from the past….. with window glazing

One of our current projects, the Franklin Street Station in Reading, PA, involves restoration of dozens of windows and doors originally made in 1929.  Seriously damaged by Hurricane Agnes, the building then sat abandoned and deteriorated from neglect and vagrant activity and by 2011 when BARTA began its restoration project for the building, this is is …

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Applyling Vinyl or Other Synthetic Materials

There is even more great content here and it’s all available for members! Sign up for a membership to the Keperling Preservation Hub℠ and you’ll get instant access to: One on one consultation call Coffee Breaks: twice-a-month web meetings where we answer questions YOU and other members submit How-to Videos, Training Videos, and Coffee Break …

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Wood Window Maintenance

There is even more great content here and it’s all available for members! Sign up for a membership to the Keperling Preservation Hub℠ and you’ll get instant access to: One on one consultation call Coffee Breaks: twice-a-month web meetings where we answer questions YOU and other members submit How-to Videos, Training Videos, and Coffee Break …

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Traditional Product Reports

Restore Media (publishers of Old House Journal, Traditional Building, and Period Homes along with many other avenues to promote traditional trades and preservation) has developed a web site devoted to reports on traditional products. This is a valuable resource complied in a central location for anyone interested in restoring or preserving their own historic building. …

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Maintenance is Preservation

There is even more great content here and it’s all available for members! Sign up for a membership to the Keperling Preservation Hub℠ and you’ll get instant access to: One on one consultation call Coffee Breaks: twice-a-month web meetings where we answer questions YOU and other members submit How-to Videos, Training Videos, and Coffee Break …

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