Thoughts of Tulsa
The television show Watchmen recently concluded its first season with the amazing Regina King as its protagonist. Viewers saw the Greenwood Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma visually recreated with its depiction […]
Category Archives: architecture
Project Old is Gold: CONNECT
This section talks about documentation, which includes measuring, mapping and discovering more about a site. Here’s a pic of when I was documenting my family’s cemetery in rural Virginia. You […]
Project Old is Gold: EXPLORE Part 3 “Building Parts”
For part 3 of the Junior historic preservation patch guide it’s all about the building and its parts. Why was it built? Why does it look the way it does? […]
Project Old is Gold: EXPLORE “The National Trust for Historic Preservation”
Step 2 of the Junior preservation badge guide is all about the…National Trust for Historic Preservation! Of course, I was pretty tickled about this one given where I work… It […]
Project Old is Gold: It’s ON!
I’m celebrating Preservation Month with my best friend Kate aka The Globe Trotting Building Hugger by completing our Girl Scout Historic Preservation badges! You can follow along, or join in […]
Virtual Worlds and Preservation
I am a huge believer in technology and how it can be used in the preservation field. I really enjoyed a recent National Trust article about Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in […]
Of Preservation and Protest
Preservation and protest go hand-in-hand. We preservationists are not unfamiliar to it. We even welcome it. When crises and issues arise we are often the first to be like “BRING. […]
At Year’s End
As this year comes to a close, I will catch you up on a few things. First, my thesis is off to the bindery! I am so excited to be done […]
OPERATION HP THESIS: ALMOST!
OK, I haven’t fallen off of the face of the Earth or anything…I’ve just been trying to finish my thesis and, you know, graduate. My committee is long-suffering at this […]
From Disbelief to Belief
During the second residency of my MA program two years ago, I sat down with my program director for an advisory session. “Where do you see yourself after you are done?” […]
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