Word: preservationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sing, Goddess, of Architect Manolis Korres, 35, and the Committee for the Preservation of the Acropolis Monuments, scientists from many nations gathered in Athens, casting off fear as before a great battle, to plan restoration of the most beautiful wonder of the ancient world: the marble Parthenon. That hilltop temple...
Council members count as achievements the preservation of unlimited storage, the establishment of annual teaching awards, an open forum on the Ad Board, a forum on the Core Curriculum, and development of internal rules.
On the positive side, student delegates point to the council's first major victory the preservation of unlimited on-campus summer storage privileges. In scoring perhaps the most distinct victory for students in years, the council maintained unlimited storage through an in-depth research study that contradicted official claims that...
These and similar scenes at eight other historic sites this summer have marked the progress of an invaluable federal program called the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Administered by the National Park Service, with technical assistance from the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A...
By calling attention to our heritage and by helping to train a cadre of experts, HABS, along with a companion project called the Historic American Engineering Record, begun in 1969, has been instrumental in changing preservation from the concern of the proverbial little old ladies in tennis shoes to a...