Cultural Landscapes Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice

Preservation has traditionally focused on saving prominent buildings of historical or architectural significance. Preserving cultural landscapes-the combined fabric of the natural and man-made environments-is a relatively new and often misunderstood idea among preservationists, but it is of increasing importance. The essays collected in this volume-case studies that include the Little Tokyo neighborhood in Los Angeles, the Cross Bronx Expressway, and a rural island in Puget Sound-underscore how this approach can be fruitfully applied. Together, they make clear that a cultural landscape perspective can be an essential underpinning for all historic preservation projects.

Contributors: Susan Calafate Boyle, National Park Service; Susan Buggey, U of Montreal; Michael Caratzas, Landmarks Preservation Commission (NYC); Courtney P. Fint, West Virginia Historic Preservation Office; Heidi Hohmann, Iowa State U; Hillary Jenks, USC; Randall Mason, U Penn; Robert Z. Melnick, U of Oregon; Nora Mitchell, National Park Service; Julie Riesenweber, U of Kentucky; Nancy Rottle, U of Washington; Bonnie Stepenoff, Southeast Missouri State U.

Richard Longstreth is professor of American civilization and director of the graduate program in historic preservation at George Washington University.

Richard Longstreth is Professor of American Civilization and Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, George Washington University. His most recent book is "City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950" (1997).

Boyle is a historian for the National Park Service in Denver, Colorado.

Marta de la Torre is the director of the Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program at Florida International University in Miami. Randall Mason is associate professor of architecture, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, at the University of Pennsylvania. Margaret G. H. MacLean is a cultural
heritage analyst with the United States Department of State. David Myers is research associate at the GCI.