he Value of Historic and Cultural Resources and how you can preserve them in your community When you strip away the rhetoric, preservation is simply having the good sense to hold on to things that are well designed, that link us with our past in a meaningful way, and that have plenty of good use left in them. Richard Moe, National rust for Historic Preservation
Once something is lost, it s gone forever. We will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed. -New York imes Editorial (on the destruction of Penn Station) Photo from Wikipedia
Once something is lost, it s gone forever. Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men. Richard Nickel Photos from Wikipedia and al.com
Once something is lost, it s gone forever.
Once something is lost, it s gone forever. Photo from Google Street View
And what you get in its place might be this.
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Preserve unique, lovable places A country without a past has the emptiness of a barren continent; and a city without old buildings is like a man without a memory. Graeme Shankland QUALIY
QUALIY Preserve unique, lovable places
QUALIY Preserve unique, lovable places
QUALIY Preserve unique, lovable places
Q Allows us to tell our collective, distinctive stories in places that are tangible Photo from Wikipedia U A L I Y he essential feature of a landmark is not its design, but the place it holds in a city's memory. Compared to the place it occupies in social history, a landmark's artistic qualities are incidental. Herbert Muschamp
Q Allows us to tell our collective, distinctive stories in places that are tangible Photo from Wikipedia U A L I Y
Q Allows us to tell our collective, distinctive stories in places that are tangible Photo from Wikipedia U A L I Y
Q Allows us to tell our collective, distinctive stories in places that are tangible U A L I Y Photos from Wikipedia
Q Allows us to tell our collective, distinctive stories in places that are tangible U A L I Y Photos from Atlas Obscura
Q Allows us to tell our collective, distinctive stories in places that are tangible U A L I Y
Q U A L I Y Historic buildings are immensely adaptable in ways that most new buildings are not.
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Q U A L I Y Even buildings that may seem to only be suited to one use can be adapted for another.
Q U A L I Y Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings. Jane Jacobs
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Q U A N I Y ax credits are available for the rehabilitation of historic buildings. Any income-producing building that is listed on the National Register can receive these credits. Alabama also initiated a rehab tax credit program. hese credits can be combined.
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Q U A N I Y An inflation-adjusted (2011 dollars) $19.2 billion in HC cost encouraged a five times greater amount of historic rehabilitation ($99.2 billion) hird Annual Report on the Economic Impact of the Federal Historic ax Credit
Q U A N I Y Since 1978, the Federal Historic ax Credit has generated an average of 65,200 jobs annually.
Q U A N I Y In Kansas, a $1 million dollar investment in historic rehabilitation generates 16.4 in-state jobs, compared with 9.9 for highway construction. hird Annual Report on the Economic Impact of the Federal Historic ax Credit
Q U A N I Visitors who come to see historic and/or cultural sites spend more than those who travel for other reasons Photos from Wikipedia Spend more: $623 vs. $457 Are older: 49 vs. 47 Are more likely to be retired -- 20 percent vs. 16 percent Are more likely to have a graduate degree: 21 percent vs. 19 percent Use a hotel, motel or B&B -- 62 percent vs. 55 percent Are more likely to spend $1,000+/-: 19 percent vs. 12 percent ravel longer: 5.2 nights vs. 3.4 nights - Culturalheritagetourism.org Y
Q U A N I Y One strong measure of the health of an economic environment is the ratio between openings and business closings. Between 2004 and 2008, nationally there were between 1.1 and 1.2 business openings for every business closing. During that same period in Georgia Main Street and Better Hometown communities, there were between 2.8 and 4.6 business openings for every business closing. Good News in ough imes: Historic Preservation and the Georgia Economy (2011)
Q U A N I Y In a study done in 2002 on historic districts throughout Alabama, the property values of homes in historic districts rose an average of 7.8 percentage points higher than those of non-designated properties.
DOCUMENAION Survey information Statement of Significance Period of Significance Meet Criteria A,B,C,D 50 Years Old Gain Approval from State Review Board Receive Designation from National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Capitol Park uscaloosa
Benefits of Listing on National Register Federal 20% rehabilitation tax credit State 25% rehabilitation tax credit State property tax reduction Increased property values Quality information on resources for tourism and promotional use Preservation easements Grants for public buildings Community knowledge of significant structures encourages preservation
National Register Does Not Protect buildings from private development Protect buildings from demolition Require new development within district to be compatible Restrict property owner from modifying building
National Register Does Not Protect buildings from demolition
National Register Does Not Protect buildings from demolition
National Register Does Not Protect buildings from demolition
DOCUMENAION Survey Information Meet Criteria Gain Approval from review board composed of AHC staff Alabama Register Hughes Dairy Barn Buhl, uscaloosa Co.
Alabama Register Does Not Protect buildings from demolition
Alabama Register Does Not Protect buildings from demolition
DOCUMENAION Local Designation Of Historic Districts Myrtlewood Historic District, uscaloosa
Resources Alabama Historical Commission (preserveala.org) Grants available for Certified Local Governments, tax credit administration Main Street Alabama (www.mainstreetalabama.org) Alabama Historical Association (archives.state.al.us/aha/aha.html) Historic markers Alabama rust for Historic Preservation (alabamatrust.info) National rust for Historic Preservation (preservationnation.org)
Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough. - Chinatown
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