Although the title of this event--"To Preserve or Not to Preserve?"--seems to suggest a quandary, the description provided does not: "This event explores the role that historic preservation can play in helping communities respect the past while creating a future for all residents." The speakers for the event are Liz McEnaney, executive director of the SS Columbia Project and adjunct assistant professor with the Hudson Valley Initiative of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP); Morgan O'Hara of MASS Design Group; and Josh Simons from the Benjamin Center for Public Policy at SUNY New Paltz. The discussion will be moderated by Larry Bowne, architect and associate professor of architecture at Syracuse University. This program in the Future Hudson series is funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
On Saturday, when it's expected to be beastly hot, spend part of your afternoon in the cool of the library, located in the historic Hudson Armory, contemplating the role of historic preservation in the life of our community.
Thank you Galvin for re-purposing what was a shabby misused armory and turning it into a very popular library & city center.
ReplyDeleteMore academic types from out of town who love to talk endlessly about what we should do in our town. I'd rather sweat it out elsewhere. More action, less talk.
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DeleteIf that’s what FUTURE HUDSON were, I wouldn’t go either.
I don’t want anyone coming here to tell us what we should do any more than you do.
So we ask speakers to not do that.
We tell them - don’t do that. We don’t want to hear it.
Instead, we ask that they share a story from their own experience about how other places have tackled similar challenges.
This gives all of us a chance to get out of the Hudson echo chamber and to think a little bit differently about what is possible.
So far, it’s been good, I think.
We are experimenting, after all.
Not perfect, but better than what you are describing.
I hope you will reconsider and give us a shot.
If you’re up for it, I would love to talk to you more about it.
Thank you, Carole, for spreading the word!
ReplyDeleteParents should know that we will have childcare available for young children.
Hope to see you there.