[MassHistPres] Call for Sessions: 2019 Massachusetts Historic Preservation Conference

[Dennis De Witt]

Erin — et al

Your request prompts me to propose a topic to the list as well as to you.  

There is a villain that hardly ever gets mentioned — one far more destructive than replacement windows or vinal siding.  I’m seeing it all the time in Brookline’s  districts and elsewhere.  It is the total, down to the studs, gutting of historic houses — the This Old House effect.

Sometimes it’s new owners, sometimes developers.  We hardly discuss it because there seems almost nothing to be done, even in LHDs.  

At this rate, in 20 years there may not be a single surviving intact significant interior in my LHD of several hundred houses.  

It’s becoming a Potemkin Village LHD, two or three houses at a time, year after year.

Perhaps this malignancy or blight (Now there’s an ironic term for this McMansionization.) should also be considered for next year's most endangered list.

Dennis De Witt
Brookline

> On Mar 22, 2019, at 9:15 AM, Erin Kelly <ekelly at preservationmass.org> wrote:
> 
> Preservation Massachusetts and our Conference Planning Committee are seeking suggestions for sessions, tours, and presenters for the 2019 Statewide Historic Preservation Conference, to be held on Friday, September 20, 2019, at the Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Mass. This biennial statewide conference is an important opportunity to bring together those involved with preservation, community, advocacy, and history to learn, share, mentor, and network. 
> 
> The theme of the 2019 conference is “Untold Stories in Preservation”―we will examine the ways in which historic preservation can reflect the many histories encapsulated within our communities and how those stories are interpreted and presented. 
> 
>  Proposed sessions should reflect the theme of the conference―either through a model project or discussion of emerging trends, issues, challenges, etc. Possibilities include but are not limited to:  
>  ● best practices and case studies;  
> ● educational sessions for important programs and/or emerging technologies;  
> ● “how-to” of technical preservation; and 
> ● preservation practices. 
>  
> Proposed tours should include proposed sites, routes, and tour leaders along with method of transportation (walking, bus, etc.) from the conference site at Hotel 1620. 
>  
> DEADLINE: May 1, 2019 Submit session and tour proposals and ideas to Julie Roper, Conference Planner, by May 1, 2019. (jroper at preservationmass.org <mailto:jroper at preservationmass.org>) Please include: 
>  ● proposed title or theme of session or tour; 
> ● suggested speakers or tour leaders; 
> ● brief description of session, identifying the intended audience; 
>  ● goals of the session and how it relates to the theme of Untold Stories in Preservation
> ; and 
> ● your contact name, phone number, and email address. 
>  
> About the Conference:
> Friday, September 20 at the Hotel 1620, Plymouth MA
> Preservation Massachusetts is excited to partner with Plymouth as our host community and for learning, sharing, and broadening our preservation community in Massachusetts! With the 2020 commemoration of Plymouth 400 just around the corner, it is a perfect opportunity to learn about preservation, community, advocacy, history and more in “America’s Hometown.”  Information and updates available at: www.preservationmass.org/statewide-conference <http://www.preservationmass.org/statewide-conference> 
> 
> Visit www.preservationmass.org/statewide-conference-archive <http://www.preservationmass.org/statewide-conference-archive> for a list of sessions from the 2017 conference in Lowell. 
> 
> -- 
> Erin D. A. Kelly
> Associate Director
> Preservation Massachusetts
> 
> 
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> September 20: The Massachusetts Historic Preservation Conference, Plymouth <https://www.preservationmass.org/statewide-preservation-conference-1>
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