Striking Gold: Historic Preservation and LEED

Wallpapers in Historic Preservation

Bilirubin: Striking Gold in Diabetic Vasculopathy?

Vascular complications are the primary cause of morbidity and mortality and a major contributor to health care costs in patients with diabetes (1). While the etiology of vascular disease is multifactorial, endothelial dysfunction characterized by a decrease in nitric oxide (NO) synthesis from endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) and blunted endothelium-dependent vasodilation is a seminal feature in d...

Policy and Historic Preservation: A Preliminary Research Agenda

My basic premise for today’s talk is that research, especially social science research, has been largely missing from policy debates in preservation. I would like to suggest that the preservation field needs to embrace a more rigorous, coordinated and empirically grounded research agenda. My talk will cover three areas. First, I will describe four categories of research questions. Second, I wil...

Historic Preservation in Legacy Cities: Preservation and Revitalization in Camden, New Jersey

The post-industrial cities of America are rife with significant cultural heritage that contribute to the national historic narrative. Many of these cities have experienced issues associated with disinvestment and population loss stemming from changing globalizing economic forces beginning in the latter half of the 20th century, jeopardizing their urban cultural heritage as these cities face dec...

Basics of Wood Inspection: Considerations for Historic Preservation

Wood performs well in structures, often for hundreds of years or more, when it is kept dry and protected from the deleterious effects of moisture and biological deterioration. The open construction typical of historic structures, which provides air infiltration into the structure, makes it possible for the wood to dry quickly if it gets wet. Often this type of construction is criticized for per...