Preserving the city's past is a major step in conserving its heritage.
This month, Willard Memorial Chapel will observe the National Preservation Month movement to highlight local architecture and honor its historic value. “Making Preservation Work!” is the theme of the month-long celebration, sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Auburn's director of Capital Projects and Grants, Mike Long, will be presenting a slide-show of a historical outlook of local architecture and how the city's landscape has changed throughout the years.
“For the last 25 years working here in Auburn, I've collected photos of an urban historical perspective,” he said. “The slide-show shows pictures of historical buildings back when Urban Renewal began in the '70s.”
Urban Renewal was a movement initiated in the early '70s that followed the idea that older buildings needed to be replaced with newer, more contemporary developments. It was started as a federal project to create vacant lots to promote redevelopment within the city.
“I call it urban removal,” Long said.
He described the theme of his presentation as the evolution of Auburn, “and how it became an impetus of the Willard Chapel Project,” which became the first preservation project in Auburn. “It shows a perspective of need for preservation and how it failed in the '70s and early '80s, but how it (prevailed) in the late '80s,” he said.
Willard Chapel thereforemakes the ideal venue for such a nostalgic movement within our region.
“But this was the beginning of a grassroots historical preservation movement in Cayuga County,” Long said. “It was difficult getting. Willard Chapel was saved in the '80s; obviously places like Seward House and the Tubman Home (were already preserved).”
This session marks the second installment of the Community Preservation Committee's Tea & Architecture educational series.
Concluding the presentation, participants are welcome to attend a “Victorian High Tea” hosted by Lilias Jones of A Touch of Country Bed and Breakfast in Scipio Center.
If you go
What: Downtown Auburn's Architecture Through Film
When: 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday
Where: Willard Memorial Chapel, Nelson Street, Auburn
For details: Call 252-0339
Auburn's director of Capital Projects and Grants, Mike Long, will be presenting a slide-show of a historical outlook of local architecture and how the city's landscape has changed throughout the years.
“For the last 25 years working here in Auburn, I've collected photos of an urban historical perspective,” he said. “The slide-show shows pictures of historical buildings back when Urban Renewal began in the '70s.”
Urban Renewal was a movement initiated in the early '70s that followed the idea that older buildings needed to be replaced with newer, more contemporary developments. It was started as a federal project to create vacant lots to promote redevelopment within the city.
“I call it urban removal,” Long said.
He described the theme of his presentation as the evolution of Auburn, “and how it became an impetus of the Willard Chapel Project,” which became the first preservation project in Auburn. “It shows a perspective of need for preservation and how it failed in the '70s and early '80s, but how it (prevailed) in the late '80s,” he said.
Willard Chapel thereforemakes the ideal venue for such a nostalgic movement within our region.
“But this was the beginning of a grassroots historical preservation movement in Cayuga County,” Long said. “It was difficult getting. Willard Chapel was saved in the '80s; obviously places like Seward House and the Tubman Home (were already preserved).”
This session marks the second installment of the Community Preservation Committee's Tea & Architecture educational series.
Concluding the presentation, participants are welcome to attend a “Victorian High Tea” hosted by Lilias Jones of A Touch of Country Bed and Breakfast in Scipio Center.
If you go
What: Downtown Auburn's Architecture Through Film
When: 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday
Where: Willard Memorial Chapel, Nelson Street, Auburn
For details: Call 252-0339
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