http://preservationatpratt.org Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:11:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I spent the summer as a conservation technician for the Central Park Conservancy, overseeing the treatment and conservation of the 60+ monuments and sculptures that dot this nation’s foremost public space. I worked with materials and conservation techniques on a level that very few other internship programs in ... http://preservationatpratt.org/index.php/2010/08/16/summer-2010-internships/ On Tuesday May 11th, students from the Pratt Historic Preservation program visited Governor's Island.  Recently acquired by the city of New York from the state, Governor's Island boasts the largest historic district in New York state (92-acres) and is home to 3 historic fortifications. With the park ... http://preservationatpratt.org/index.php/2010/05/13/a-visit-to-governors-island/ Several PHPO members were attendees and volunteers at the closing session of Preservation Vision: Planning for the Future of Preservation in New York City, a year-long initiative in response to Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC. The aim was to engage preservationists in a conversation about their hopes for New York City ... http://preservationatpratt.org/index.php/2009/01/12/winter-blog-01-preservation-vision/ On November 20th, PHPO held its first Preservation Pub Crawl!  Architectural historian Francis Morrone led a group of 12 on a meandering tour of three historic watering holes on the West Side of Manhattan.  We began at the White Horse Tavern, where Dylan Thomas drank his last drinks, and then ... http://preservationatpratt.org/index.php/2008/11/21/fall-blog-04-preservation-pub-crawl/ Oh!klahoma where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain! So, some PHPO’ers went to Tulsa for the annual National Trust for Historic Preservation conference. First of all, Art Deco. It’s everywhere. This Deco boom town was nouveau riche ripe with OIL! when they built it. We walked some of the shiny, ... http://preservationatpratt.org/index.php/2008/11/14/fall-blog-03-tulsa-ok/ On Sunday, September 14, a few students participated in a tour of Coney Island sponsored by the Historic Districts Council led by Melissa Baldock, Kress/RFR Fellow for Historic Preservation and Public Policy at the Municipal Art Society and architectural historian Jane Cowan. The dynamic duo presented the past, present and ... http://preservationatpratt.org/index.php/2008/09/24/fall-blog-02-coney-island/ PHPO visited Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, CT on September 5th. Built in 1949, it predates Mies Van Der Rohe's Farnsworth House by two years. Upon the death of Philip Johnson in 2005, the Glass House and its 47 acre campus became a stewardship of the ... http://preservationatpratt.org/index.php/2008/09/12/fall-blog-01-the-glass-house/ Perched above Los Angeles in Griffith Park, the Griffith Observatory was designed by John C. Austin in 1935. It was the dream of Colonel Griffith Jenkins Griffith to provide a park and observatory to the public for both recreation and education. In 2002, the city-owned observatory was closed ... http://preservationatpratt.org/index.php/2008/09/10/summer-blog-06-griffith-observatory-los-angeles-ca/ In 1932, Frank Lloyd Wright established his Fellowship for students in architecture. Built in 1937, Taliesin West continues to house the school and studio during the winter months. As headquarters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, tours are available throughout the year. [I don't recommend visiting in the ... http://preservationatpratt.org/index.php/2008/09/03/summer-blog-05-phoenixscottsdale-az/ Built in 1908, Greene & Greene's Gamble House turns 100 this year! This masterpiece of the Arts & Crafts movement in Pasadena, CA is a National Historic Landmark. In addition to the standard house tour, the bookstore offers a self-guided tour of the neighborhood which is chock ... http://preservationatpratt.org/index.php/2008/09/03/summer-blog-04-the-gamble-house-pasadena-ca/