[MassHistPres] preservation award guidelines

[Burks, Sarah]

Hi Dennis,

Cambridge's Awards program and criteria are outlined on our website,
http://www.cambridgema.gov/historic/awards.html

We give the awards to the buildings/projects, but obviously present them to and recognize the owners and project contributors. We also give certificates of merit to storefront renovations/restorations and to individuals who have been leaders in the local preservation community. We have a special award, named in honor of our former member and architect, Tony Platt, that honors a project exhibiting the goals of the neighborhood conservation districts.

Sarah Burks

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Sarah L. Burks
Preservation Planner
Cambridge Historical Commission
831 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Fl.
Cambridge, MA 02139
617/349-4687 phone; 617/349-6112 TTY; 617/349-3116 fax
http://www.cambridgema.gov/~Historic



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From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis De Witt
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:32 PM
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Subject: [MassHistPres] preservation award guidelines

We are thinking about Preservation Award guidelines.

Assuming Chris has not already done so, I am very interested in
collecting any and all examples of guidelines that may be in use
relating to preservations awards.

In addition here are some basic philosophical questions.  I'd be
interested in any literature or practice (examples) that might bear on
these questions.

a) In the case of an award relating to a building, does the award go
to a building or to the people responsible for the project?

b) Should you ever give an award to a new building just because it
fits well in its context?

c) Should you ever give an award to a new building in an LHD just
because it fits well in its context even tho it has done little more
than successfully follow the guidelines?

d) Should you ever give an award to someone who genuinely has done
some significant restoration work on an important building even though
they may have vigorously opposed some other unrelated preservation/
project?

e) Should you ever given an award to someone who has worked long and
hard to "beautify" and economically strengthen part of an NRD without
ever having really done anything related to historic fabric that could
be called preservation?

f) Should you ever give an award to someone for a project relating to
a particular property even tho they have demolished a structure on
that property which had a demolition stay imposed on it?

If nothing else.  Please feel free to "vote." -- briefly or at
length.  If there are enough responses, I'll tally them

Dennis De Witt
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