[MassHistPres] MassHistPres Digest, Vol 93, Issue 14

Fri Nov 22 16:49:20 EST 2013

The Ipswich Historical Commission supports establishment of an
Architectural Preservation District, similar to a Neighborhood Conservation
District, in the oldest part of town, encomapssing four adjoining
neighborhoods listed in the National Registry.  The draft proposal includes
binding power over demolition and construction of buildings within the
proposed district, and establishment of a commission that will make
non-binding recommendations regarding changes *only* to the front facades
of houses.  View the proposal
athttp://www.historicipswich.org/architectural-preservation-district/

While this is a huge change from previous failed attempts to create a more
restrictive local historic district, I still hear concerns about property
rights. Does anyone have recommendations for "carrots" we can add to the
perceived "stick"?

Gordon Harris, chairman
Ipswich Historical Commission <http://historicipswich.org>
(978) 979-6598

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 12:00 PM, <masshistpres-request at cs.umb.edu> wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:51:38 -0500
> From: Lee Wright <lee at leewright.net>
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Use of photographs in Commission
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> Good question about a topic of great interest, Judy.
>
> Since our goal is historic preservation and generating a greater
> appreciation of the importance of preserving historic buildings and other
> structures and artifacts, its in our best interests to make it as easy as
> possible for people to get and use high-quality digital images,
> unencumbered by copyright restrictions, fees, or releases.
>
> This is also the direction of society, especially young people who have
> grown up with a sharing and re-mix culture and who will continue that
> forward as a cohort.
>
> A Creative Commons Share Alike license helps accomplish these objectives.
>  Details: http://creativecommons.org/choose/.
>
> One common defense of the old way of approaching this is that we are
> "protecting" something.  This is, in my opinion, misplaced.  We're
> interested in protecting the structure or artifact, and shouldn't be
> concerned about the reproduction, including for commercial use, of the
> image or the "re-mixing" of the image.
>
> Two related observations from the New England Museum Association
> conference last week in Newport:
>
> - I spoke with someone at one of New England's most popular private
> historic sites.  He commented that they've tried to maintain the old policy
> of formal agreements, payment, and policing.  He wondered aloud, "If we
> added up all of the costs of administering this policy, they'd probably be
> greater than the small amount of money we make from the licensing."  Also
> not considered is the fact that, by limiting access and charging, they're
> reducing the number of times people see the images.  Aren't we interested
> in more people seeing these great historic buildings?
>
> - The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC is moving boldly in this direction
> in a way that may initially seem surprising: They invited digital artists
> into their galleries to photograph and make 3-D models of statutes,
> including combining images from different statues.  This was all done under
> a Creative Commons share-alike license and the digital files, which allow
> anyone else to download and print our (or manipulate and print out) these
> models were all posted to the Thingiverse site and are available as free
> downloads.  A post by the speakers at the NEMA conference that discusses
> this before the event took place is here:
> http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/features/2012/hackathon.
>  Other articles and posts covered the event itself.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>
> Lee Wright  |  Marlborough  |   "Make this holiday historic!" - The
> campaign for historic sites and organizations at the holidays -
> http://www.thehistorylist.com/the-holiday-campaign-for-history
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> . . .
>
>
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> On Nov 19, 2013, at 4:07 PM, Judith Lund wrote:
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> > Dartmouth Historical Commission holds a number of photographs and
> negatives of buildings and street scenes, some dating back to the late 19th
> century.  Our town executive secretary has suggested that we adopt a formal
> policy for use of these photographs, both for town use and for personal
> use.  Having managed the photo collection at New Bedford Whaling Museum for
> a while in the past, I am familiar with copyright rules and with their use
> policy.  However, I am interested to learn how other commissions handle use
> of the photos like this that are the property of their towns.
> >
> > Judy Lund
> > CoChair, Dartmouth Historical commission
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