[OMS_MANAGERS] Last Call: HPLO presents Steven Semes-Will There Be a THERE There?

Tue Mar 6 17:12:55 PST 2012

Hopefully!!!

(thanks for the reminder)

Kelly Haverkate
Dayton Community Development Association

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Peggy Moretti <
peggym at historicpreservationleague.org> wrote:

> *HPLO Program Asks:  “Will There Be a THERE, There?”  *
>
> *A conversation about preservation, design, development, and saving our
> unique sense of place**.*
>
> ** **
>
> What will Portland look like in 2035?  In our race for sustainability,
> density, and development, will we lose the human scale and historic
> character that sets us apart?  As Portland, Eugene, and other cities debate
> their long-range urban plans, a program by the Historic Preservation League
> of Oregon (HPLO) asks:  “*Will There Be A THERE, There?”  *and* *points
> out that the design of our built environment matters a great deal.  They
> are bringing noted author, architect, and critic Dr. Steven Semes to town
> for *“a conversation about preservation, design, development, and saving
> our unique sense of place.”*  ****
>
> Semes, who has practiced architecture for 30 years, recently returned to
> the U.S. after serving as the Program Director of the Rome Studies
> Institute and currently serves on the faculty of Notre Dame University.  *
> ***
>
> His book, *The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture,
> Urbanism, and Historic Preservation *(W. W. Norton & Co., 2009), is
> wildly popular within the growing New Urbanism movement, and is considered
> essential reading for architects and professionals in historic
> preservation, urban design, and planning, as well as community activists
> and architecture lovers everywhere.****
>
> Semes challenges the conventional wisdom about Modernism, density,
> sustainability, and what makes for compatible infill in historic settings.
> He makes a persuasive case that context matters and that new buildings and
> additions to old buildings should be harmonious with their neighbors. ****
>
> From North Mississippi to downtown Beaverton to SE Division, we’ve all
> seen new development that looks like a spaceship dropped into a historic
> district, entirely out of scale and character.  The HPLO program will
> include a panel discussion on how we can achieve development goals without
> sacrificing livability, lead by Michael Mehaffey, former Education Director
> of the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment and Project Manager
> for Orenco Station.  The panel will include notable representatives of the
> Portland development, planning, architecture and preservation communities:
> Peter Englander (PDC), Jill Sherman (Gerding Edlen), Becca Cavell (Thomas
> Hacker Architects), Roger Roper (SHPO), and Cathy Galbraith (Bosco-Milligan
> Foundation).****
>
> *Will There Be A THERE, There?  *
>
> *A Conversation about Preservation, Design, Development, and Saving our
> Unique Sense of Place*  ****
>
> Sunday, March 11th @ 3:00pm****
>
> UO/White Stag Building****
>
> 70 NW Couch Street****
>
> Portland, OR  97209****
>
> ** **
>
> Tickets are $20 for the general public, $15 for members of the HPLO and
> partner organizations, and $8 for students.  For more information and
> tickets go to http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/Semes.php or by
> call 503 243-1923.  ****
>
> The program is sponsored by Venerable Properties and supported by the
> Architectural Heritage Center, the Congress for New Urbanism-Cascadia,
> INTBAU-USA, and Northwest Sustainable Traditions Group.****
>
> ** **
>
> *About the HPLO:*
>
> The mission of the Historic Preservation League of Oregon is to *Preserve,
> Reuse, and Pass Forward Oregon’s Historic Resources to Ensure Livable,
> Sustainable Communities.*  A 501(c)(3)non-profit founded in 1977, the
> HPLO provides education programs, advocacy, and holds over 40 historic
> conservation easements on properties across the state, protecting them from
> demolition in perpetuity. They also publish an annual list of *Oregon’s
> Most Endangered Places*<http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/endangered.php>.
> ****
>
> Organizational goals include:****
>
> **·         ***Preserve* and *pass forward* historic sites, properties
> and districts. ****
>
> **·         **Ensure sufficient *economic incentives* for historic
> preservation. ****
>
> **·         **Promote appropriate *land use policies*, development *
> guidelines* and preservation *standards*.****
>
> **·         **Educate the public to increase awareness* *of the *economic
> value of preservation* and its *essential role in sustainability*.****
>
> Operating statewide, the HPLO office is located in the historic White Stag
> Block, 24 NW First Avenue, Portland, OR 97209. (503) 243-1923;
> www.HistoricPreservationLeague.org.****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *Peggy *
>
> ** **
>
> Peggy Moretti****
>
> Exec. Director, Historic Preservation League of Oregon****
>
> *Preserve, reuse, and pass forward Oregon's historic resources to ensure
> livable, sustainable communities.*
>
> 24 NW First Avenue, Suite 274 | Portland, OR  97209****
>
> 503 243-1923 ****
>
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