| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: What is historic preservation? (PDF) |
| 2 | The roots of historic preservation in the United States (PDF) |
| 3 | Preservation in the 20th century: History and policy (PDF) |
| 4 | The politics of significance: The President's House on Independence Mall, Philadelphia (PDF) |
| 5 | Preservation and interpretation: the Emily Dickinson museum (PDF) |
| 6 |
The politics of significance II: Poe, McKim and the NYU law school project (PDF) Guest speaker: Susan Lowance, Kohn Pedersen Fox |
| 7 | If you can't see it, can you preserve it? The danger of "integrity" (PDF) |
| 8 |
Adaptive reuse: The Charles Street jail redevelopment (PDF) Guest speakers: Pamela Hawkes and Wolfgang Rudorf, Anne Beha architects |
| 9 |
Preserving contemporary life: The ugly and ordinary and the high-style (PDF) Guest speaker: Helene Lipstadt, MIT |
| 10 |
Preserving modern architecture: The case of Aalto in Cambridge (PDF) Guest speaker: David Fixler, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, architecture and engineering |
| 11 | Reflections on contemporary preservation debates: the World Trade Center and New Orleans after Katrina (PDF) |
| 12 | Final presentations |
