Showing posts with label Preservation Month. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Preservation Month. Show all posts

Sunday, May 03, 2009

"New Albany Kicks Off Preservation Month with Preservation Conversation."

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New Albany Kicks Off Preservation Month with Preservation Conversation

Connecting preservation of historic buildings with the green movement, Steve Wiser, Louisville architect, shares his visualization as far into the future as 2035 of how preserving the built environment can influence southern Indiana communities.

On May 5, 2009, at Cornerstone Evangelical Methodist Church, 418 East Spring Street, New Albany, 7:00 – 8:30 PM, join the conversation on how restoring a building rather than tearing down and building new significantly reduces landfill waste and increases the need for human labor, while the neighborhood and its community stay in tact. Potentially, choices to rehabilitate, restore, and repair our inherited structures influence the lives of the community’s residents and visitors well beyond our own lives.


This event is free and open to the public. The co-sponsors include New Albany Historic Preservation Commission, Develop New Albany, and Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Preservation Month kicks off with a focus on shotguns.

Thanks to Ted F. for sharing the following press release:

Don't miss these upcoming Preservation Month Events. For more information visit www.historicnewalbany.com

Monday, May 5th - 7pm - 8:30pm
Preservation Conversation #1 - A Shotgun Approach: The History, Contributions, and Future of an Underappreciated House Style:
Cornerstone Evangelical Methodist Church, 418 East Spring Street, New Albany

Patricia Gay, Executive Director, Preservation Resource Center, New Orleans, presents stories of her experiences with shotguns in New Orleans and the results of efforts to increase awareness of their value to the New Orleans culture. Since many southern Indiana neighborhoods feature shotgun style houses, (approximately 500 in New Albany) what value is their cultural contribution to the area? Participants can expect to have increased knowledge of the history and a strengthened appreciation of these architectural gems. They will learn ideas for adapting the interior of the shotgun for modern living and gain understanding of the viability and opportunity for investing in shotgun neighborhoods.

Event co-sponsored by New Albany Historic Preservation Commission, Develop New Albany, and Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. Reception underwritten by Ed Clere, candidate for state representative. Paid for by www.edclere.com, David Barksdale, Chairman, Eric Oakley, Treasurer.

Indiana University's Cornelius O'Brien Lecture Series on Historic Preservation supplied funding for the speaker. Free and open to the public.


Tuesday, May 6th - 6:15 - 8:30pm
Pizza and Preservation: Reinventing the Shotgun House for Contemporary Living
, shotgun house of Ron Stiller, architect and presenter, 2112 Elm Street, New Albany, 6:15 PM – 8:30 PM.

Local architect and shotgun house owner Ron Stiller explains how to adapt the shotgun house for modern living and demonstrates how room additions can sensitively accommodate without sacrificing original interior and exterior architectural character.

Reservations required by calling Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana – 812 284- 4534