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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Scott T. Hanson of Restoring Your Historic House

Scott T. Hanson of Your Historic House joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss his book, Restoring Your Historic House, the result of 4 years of hard work and dedication to present a practical and comprehensive guide for historic homeowners. We covered a multitude of topics including: How the present-day Conway Scenic Railroad and train …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Steven Bohnet of Bohnet Electric Co

Steven Bohnet of Bohnet Electric Co. joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss his 113 year old family business of electric contracting and a lighting showroom that also features light fixture restoration and lamp repair.  We covered a multitude of topics including: The pros and cons of the Corporate (commerical) versus Non-Profit restoration/preservation projects Why …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring David Trowbridge of the app Clio

David Trowbridge from the Clio app joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss his Wikipedia-like local history depository.  The Clio app began as a classroom project and has grown to over 32,000 historical entries with 5,000 daily users!  Users can add local history sites, walking tours, source documents, and an augmented reality time capsule entry …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Stephen McNair of McNair Historic Preservation

Stephen McNair of Mc Nair Historic Preservation joined the Practical Preservation podcast to share with us his experiences and the services his firm provides.  Listen to learn:  Potential issues with historic tax credits Trends in adaptive reuse Economic incentives for commerical use preservation projects The biggest obstacles and challenges for planning historic projects Contact: Website …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Sean Wagner of the Mason Dixon Paranormal Society

Happy Halloween!  A little deviation from our usual Practical Preservation podcast episode – Sean Wagner from Mason Dixon Paranormal Society was interviewed to discuss their paranormal investigations.  Sean has been involved in over 200 investigations (and is now trying to find Big Foot with the Central Pennsylvania Investigators).  If you are wondering what a typical …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Charles Flickinger from Flickinger Glassworks

Charles Flickinger from Flickinger Glassworks joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss his business and career as an artisan.  Our conversation varied from minimalist living to repairing curved glass of the Statute of Liberty flame.  Curved glass is a speciality, niche business and Charles has collected over 4,000 steel molds from different projects (I learned …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Catherine Brooks of Eco-Strip

Catherine Brooks from Eco-Strip, the exclusive US distributor of the Speedheater Paint Removal System, joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss her company which allowed her to bring together her passion for the environment and public health.   The Speedheater is different from other heat-based paint removal systems because it heats the paint using  InfraRed …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Joe McCormick Realtor

Joe McCormick, realtor, joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss real estate and historic homes.   We discussed: Tips for historic home buyers and sellers How to choose a real estate agent for your historic home search or listing Why older properties are good values for real estate taxes Understanding any regulations that may impact …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Kevin Shue of Lancaster History

After our Practical Preservation event in June at Lancaster History I reached out to our contact to see if they would have someone share their resources for researching house histories on the Practical Preservation Podcast.  Kevin Shue joined the podcast and shared his more than 30 years of experience working with the collection at Lancaster …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Andy deGruchy of Craftwork Training Center and LimeWorks.us

Andy deGruchy joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss his Craftwork Training Center, the historic masonry contracting and supply business and his philosophy of the body, mind, and spirit working together to create art.  His 35 years of experience as a mason was highlighted as he explained his dive into the material science world and …

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