Monthly Archives June 2023

Top 10 Historic Preservation Related Movies

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A while ago I spent a few days on a research retreat and my friend Chad and I got to talking about the movie Cars and its preservation message. My first experience with the movie was at the 2008 Historic Roads Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Michael Wallis, an author and historian who has written …

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How Not to Meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties

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The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties are a set of guidelines for bricks-and-mortar work on historic buildings. Many of our clients who are undertaking a preservation project for the first time worry that the standards are restrictive, difficult to meet, and expensive. In truth, the SOI standards have room …

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