Giving Preservation a History: Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
I Introduction......Page 8
RETHINKING THE ROOTS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION MOVEMENT......Page 9
PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW HISTORY OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 13
History and progress......Page 15
Undesirable pasts......Page 16
NOTES......Page 17
II Origin Stories: Finding the Roots of Historic Preservation in the United States......Page 18
1 THE HERITAGE CRUSADE AND ITS CONTRADIGTIONS1......Page 19
HERITAGE RAMPANT......Page 20
CAUSES OF MODERN HERITAGE CONCERN......Page 21
FACETS OF GROWTH......Page 23
Vernacular Bents......Page 24
Instant Tradition......Page 25
Living Folkways......Page 26
VULNERABLE AND DISPUTED LEGACIES......Page 27
HERITAGE DEPRIVATION, HERITAGE POSSESSION......Page 29
HAZARDS OF HERITAGE GLUT......Page 31
NOTES......Page 33
2 ON CULTS AND CULTISTS......Page 37
HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND NATIONAL BEING......Page 38
THE BELIEVERS......Page 41
PRESERVATION AND MASS NATIONALISM......Page 47
RECONSTRUCTIONS......Page 49
POWER TO THE PEOPLE......Page 51
NOTES......Page 57
III The Many Movements for Preservation in the United States......Page 61
3 ROOTS IN BOSTON, BRANCHES IN PLANNING AND PARKS1......Page 62
THE OLD SOUTH MEETINGHOUSE......Page 63
THE BULFINCH FRONT......Page 69
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES......Page 73
NOTES......Page 77
4 “A SPIRIT THAT FIRES THE IMAGINATION”......Page 82
NOTES......Page 97
5 HISTORIC PRESERVATION, PUBLIC MEMORY, AND THE MAKING OF MODERN NEW YORK CITY......Page 100
AN EMERGENT HISTORIC PRESERVATION FIELD......Page 101
CURATORIAL AND URBANISTIC APPROACHES......Page 105
CREATING MEMORY INFRASTRUCTURE......Page 108
St. John’s Chapel......Page 109
City Hall Park......Page 114
CONCLUSIONS......Page 119
NOTES......Page 120
6 MARKETING THE PAST......Page 124
EMBRACING THE MARKET......Page 125
THE BUSINESS OF PRESERVATION......Page 128
CONSTRUCTING HISTORY......Page 131
MARKET CONSEQUENCES......Page 133
NOTES......Page 136
7 PLACE OVER TIME......Page 140
1912 CITY PLAN......Page 141
RESTORING THE PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS......Page 143
INTERPLAY OF RESTORATION AND REVIVAL STYLE......Page 145
RESPONSES TO MODERNISM......Page 147
EFFECTS OF THE VOGUE OF SANTA FE......Page 150
NOTES......Page 154
8 CHICAGO’S MECCA FLAT BLUES1......Page 157
NOTES......Page 189
9 ANCESTRAL ARCHITECTURE......Page 199
NOTES......Page 213
10 MAKING HISTORY......Page 218
NOTES......Page 233
IV Conclusion......Page 238
MOVING FORWARD......Page 239
GROWTH IS NOT GOOD FOR US......Page 240
THE MARKET WILL NOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS......Page 241
WE CAN CHANGE THE RULES OF THE GAME......Page 242
THINKING, TALKING, ORGANIZING......Page 244
HISTORY IS IMPORTANT, AND IT IS NOT OVER......Page 245
NOTES......Page 247
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 250
INDEX......Page 253