Spring Break
School advocates historic preservation
COURTNEY SMITH
Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: Variety
April is historic preservation month at the University, and the School of Environmental Design and Historic Preservation is seeking to raise awareness in the community - and hopefully create some historic preservation advocates along the way.
"While we would love everyone to be a student of historic preservation, they don't have to be in our major or even in the school to be an advocate," director of graduate studies in historic preservation John Waters said.
"You could be an effective preservationist no matter what you are doing in your career if you recognize the opportunities available in order to help preserve any aspect of the place that you live."
When: Noon
Where: Founder's Memorial Garden
Price: $7
What: Sigma Pi Kappa Annual Preservation Lecture, "The Value of Historic Landscapes"
When: 2:30 p.m.
Where: University Chapel
What: Historic Landscapes Tour
When: 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where: Departs from Founder's Memorial Garden
What: Film in the Garden: "Moving Midway"
When: 8 tonight
Where: Founder's Memorial Garden
In fact, according to Waters, preserving the buildings and downtown areas that give a city its character is what historic preservation is traditionally thought to be centered on.
"I mean, how would your feelings about Athens and downtown change if the half of the Starbucks block of College Station was bulldozed and replaced with a huge parking garage," said Kim Kooles, an historic preservation graduate student and president of the Student Historic Preservation Organization.
"The historic buildings are a big part of the vibe of Athens."
But, according to Kooles, there is also the more cutting edge, "green" aspect of historic preservation. It's a "relatively untouched market" that is becoming more and more important as people attempt to live more sustainably.
"While we would love everyone to be a student of historic preservation, they don't have to be in our major or even in the school to be an advocate," director of graduate studies in historic preservation John Waters said.
"You could be an effective preservationist no matter what you are doing in your career if you recognize the opportunities available in order to help preserve any aspect of the place that you live."
TODAY'S EVENTSE
What: Sigma Pi Kappa Annual Preservation BarbecueWhen: Noon
Where: Founder's Memorial Garden
Price: $7
What: Sigma Pi Kappa Annual Preservation Lecture, "The Value of Historic Landscapes"
When: 2:30 p.m.
Where: University Chapel
What: Historic Landscapes Tour
When: 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where: Departs from Founder's Memorial Garden
What: Film in the Garden: "Moving Midway"
When: 8 tonight
Where: Founder's Memorial Garden
In fact, according to Waters, preserving the buildings and downtown areas that give a city its character is what historic preservation is traditionally thought to be centered on.
"I mean, how would your feelings about Athens and downtown change if the half of the Starbucks block of College Station was bulldozed and replaced with a huge parking garage," said Kim Kooles, an historic preservation graduate student and president of the Student Historic Preservation Organization.
"The historic buildings are a big part of the vibe of Athens."
But, according to Kooles, there is also the more cutting edge, "green" aspect of historic preservation. It's a "relatively untouched market" that is becoming more and more important as people attempt to live more sustainably.
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