Prof. Watt today we are going to be talking about landscapes and reservation and how preservation unexpectedly changes places we set aside as parks or protected areas. The intention is not only to understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces but also to make the process of preservation more visible, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but more importantly, why they have changed over time. Most of us when we think about preservation, we think about something staying the same, and yet preservation actually changes things. That is the focus we will aim at today. There we go. In the context of open space lands in the u. S. , there is a presumption often that Public Ownership is the best way to protect the landscape. We even see it in the miniseries by ken burns on way back, on National Parks, and it was called americas best idea. That natural spaces that have trails and hiking and sightseeing and so on, are represe
Understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces but also to make the process of preservation more visible, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but more importantly, why they have changed over time. Most of us when we think about preservation, we think about something staying the same, and yet preservation actually changes things. That is the focus we will aim at today. There we go. In the context of open space lands in the u. S. , there is a presumption that a Public Ownership is the landscape. We see the miniseries by ken burns on National Parks, it was called americas best idea. That natural spaces that have trails and hiking and sightseeing a representative of pristine nature that had some boundaries put around it and has been kept the same, like a vase in a use them, static and never changing. Set aside unchanging for generations. That literally is part of the founding legislation for the National Parks servic
, as many of those as possible. On december 2 in 2008, nearly eight years ago, we opened our doors to the public, and we have welcomed over 17 million visitors to the capital. One of the themes that we share with those visitors is the role of the architect of the capitol. Capitol isct of the the steward of the Historic Buildings and grounds on capitol hill. Congress left philadelphia and moved into approximately 25,000 square feet. That is the original north wing of the capital. Today, and with the help of a team of 2300 employees, the responsibilities of the architect of the capitol include a stewardship of nearly 17. 4 million square feet of building space, the care and maintenance of hundreds of acres, thousands of trees and plantings, and the preservation of countless artistic and historical treasures. Leading this team is the 11th architect of the capitol, the , whoable stephen t. Ayers i will now invite to speak to you about the National Historic preservation act of 1966. Please
With those visitors is the role of the architect of the capitol. The architect of the capitol is the steward of the Historic Buildings and grounds on capitol hill. In 1800, Congress Left philadelphia and moved into approximately 25,000 square feet. That is the original north wing of the capital. Today, and with the help of a team of 2300 employees, the responsibilities of the architect of the capitol include stewardship of nearly 17. 4 million square feet of building space, the care and maintenance of hundreds of acres, thousands of trees and plantings, and the preservation of countless artistic and historical treasures. Leading this team is the 11th architect of the capitol, the honorable stephen t. Ayers, who i will now invite to speak to you about the National Historic preservation act of 1966. Please join me in welcoming mr. Stephen ayers, architect of the capitol. [applause] Stephen Ayers thank you so much, beth, and good morning everyone. Welcome to preservation day at the United
World of the gilded age, and especially the lives of larz and Isabel Anderson. Is the first full length publication on the couple, an important addition to our understanding of the andersons. Why studied them . They will never be household names. The person never ascended into the ranks of the carnegies with the vanderbilts, but through their lives we get a welldocumented window into our nations character and history as it charged into the modern world of the 20th century. We get an especially vibrant view of the nations capital, where the andersons were among the most important residents during the gilded age. For more, let me turn it over to our speaker. [applause] mr. Moskey thank you emily for that introduction. I want to thank emily and the entire staff at the society of cincinnati for hosting me and many visits to the library and archives for almost six years. I almost feel like this is a homecoming for me. It is a pleasure to be here in the home by Larz Anderson and Isabel Perki