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This week on the podcast, we spoke with Candacy Taylor of Taylor Made Culture. We discussed The Green Book, and Ms. Taylor’s latest project documenting Green Book sites across the country. We also discussed the importance of place preservation, and why documenting sites that no longer exist is critical to the American story. You can …

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This week on the Practical Preservation Podcast, Michael Edison of Edison Coatings joined us to discuss how he broke into the field of historic preservation with a degree in chemical engineering.  Michael discussed the importance of a well educated staff and why technical trainings are in everyone’s best interest.  We also discussed how the field …

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On this week’s episode, Storm Cunningham of the RECONOMICS Institute, joined our discussion. Storm is an author, keynoter, publisher, and advisor, who specializes in the community and regional revitalization process. Storm and Danielle discussed the economics of restoration, and the importance of viewing revitalization as systems, instead of projects. You can contact Storm via his …

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This week we spoke with Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America about his photography of abandoned buildings, and how photographs play a role in the preservation of historic places. You can find the Abandoned America website at www.abandonedamerica.us. If you work in restoration and have access to abandoned places you can contact Matthew at admin@abandonedamerica.org about …

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This week we spoke with Sam Pardue of Indow Windows and discussed how innovation can benefit preservation.  Sam and Danielle also discussed the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the preservation workspace.  You can find Indow Windows on their website or by phone at 503-284-2260.

This week we spoke with Matt Fisher of Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad about the history and current operations of this private railroad servicing eastern Pennsylvania.

Timothy Essig of the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss the vision and interpretation of the Landis’ Brothers collection of Pennsylvania German Heritage.   The goal of the Landis’ Brothers, “to preserve the vanishing culture” helped to create a farmstead to help show Pennsylvania German Heritage from 1740-1940 focused …

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