The powers of preservation new life for urban historic places

Moore draws upon more than three decades of professional experience and his enormous portfolio of large-scale rehabilitation projects to show how preservation, by embracing a wider range of historic buildings and a looser attitude toward contextual design, can remedy the visual chaos and economic di...

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Main Author: Moore, Arthur Cotton 1935-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York McGraw-Hill 1998
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300 |a xviii, 229 p.  |b ill. (some col.)  |c 29 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Adaptation -- Restoration -- Preparing for downtowns -- Downtowns -- City preservation -- Expansions. 
520 |a Moore draws upon more than three decades of professional experience and his enormous portfolio of large-scale rehabilitation projects to show how preservation, by embracing a wider range of historic buildings and a looser attitude toward contextual design, can remedy the visual chaos and economic divestment that now characterize our cities." Includes a brief mention of his work in Charleston, South Carolina, on the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and on the waterfront warehouse renewal. 
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650 0 |a Buildings  |x Remodeling for other use  |z Washington (D.C.) 
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