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Work Weekend 2010

The Cornell University Preservation Studies Student Organization (PSSO) announces that the program’s annual Work Weekend will take place at Wyco Community Church in Wyco, West Virginia, April 16-18, 2010.

Wyco Community Church was constructed in 1917 for the coal mining community that once surrounded it. Sww-2010.pngince 2003, the church has been under the ownership of the Rural Appalachian Improvement League (RAIL), who stabilized the building and is now working on its restoration.

Potential activities for Work Weekend participants include:
  • - Documenting and drawing the building
  • - Removing salvageable interior paneling for future re-use
  • - Scraping and cleaning in preparation of painting
  • - Clearing brush around the building
  • - Applying fire retardant to parts of the building
  • - Dry stonework, among other activities

Work will take place from Friday April 16 to Sunday April 18. The trip will cost approximately $50 for food (breakfast and lunch only) and transportation (if departing from and returning to Ithaca). Lodging will be available at RAIL’s Mullens Opportunity Center for free or at a nearby motel at the expense of participants. For alumni who are interested in attending, there are about 25 beds remaining at the local community house, which is free and where most of the students will be staying.

More details on activities and photos of the project are here

If you have questions, contact Don Johnson at ddj26@cornell.edu.



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Doug Sutherland speaks at PSSO event


Earlier this month, PSSO was honored to host Doug Sutherland, a Syracuse-based developer and partner in Franklin Properties, Franklin19.jpgLLC.  Mr. Sutherland, first working for the Pyramid Group and later with his own development firm, has been integrally involved in the redevelopment of vacant industrial buildings in Franklin Square.  Last year he received a New York State Historic Preservation Award for the rehabilitation of the "Lofts on Willow," the former C.W. Snow Warehouse - an Archimedes Russell building that is distinguished for it's early use of mushroom-cap concrete column construction.  Sutherland was also involved in lobbying for recently adopted changes to the New York State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit.
The lecture was extraordinarily well attended by preservation, planning, and real estate students and generated a great deal of discussion about what we can do as planners to encourage private investment in declining Upstate cities.  Mr. Sutherland spoke about the inherent challenges of rehabilitating historic buildings, what he looks for in a building and neighborhood for prospective redevelopment projects, and provided examples of what other cities and states have done successfully to encourage downtown revitalization.  He graciously remained on hand for another hour after the lecture was over to answer students' questions.  We hope to sponsor a speaker from the public-sector next semester to discuss the other side of the equation.

- Katelyn Wright
Vice President, Preservation Studies Student Organization




Summer /Fall 2009 Newsletter

Now available here, with special thanks to Jayme Breshard for editing this edition.
Topics include:
• Tomlan Receives Prestigious Honor
• Incoming Class of 2011
• HPP Internships from Summer 2009
• Class of 2009 Thesis Topics
• Historic Ithaca: Summer 2009
• In Review: The Second Summer Institute
• PSSO Attends 2009 National Preservation Conference




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Are you attending the National Trust conference in Nashville this October? A number of current students are planning to attend and would like to get together with the alumni. If you're going to the conference and would like to assist in putting an event together, please contact Emma Waterloo, current PSSO President
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Also, as noted below, Michael will be receiving the James Marston Fitch Award during the NCPE's annual dinner on Friday, October 16th. Tickets are available if you would like attend, either through the National Trust's conference registration or by contacting NCPE directly.


Michael Tomlan to receive James Marston Fitch Award

Dr. Michael A. Tomlan has been chosen as the recipient of the National Council of Preservation Education's annual James Marston Fitch Award. This award, named in honor of pioneering preservation educator James Marston Fitch, recognizes lifetime achievement in and dedication to historic preservation education. The award will be bestowed at our annual dinner to be held on Friday, October 16 at the historic Belmont Mansion at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee starting at 7:30 PM.

Professor Tomlan's distinguished career in the pursuit of excellence in historic preservation education represents a building block in the foundation upon which the field of historic preservation has been built. His steady guidance of NCPE since its founding and his leadership in the preservation movement itself has truly earned him this honor. The Fitch Award recognizes this leadership in the profession, and affirms Professor Tomlan's standing among distinguished colleagues including Professors Bernd Forster, Kevin Jordan, Marshall McLennan, David Fogle, Chester Liebs, Don Petig, Lyle Rosenberger, Hugh Miller, and Robert Melnick, all previous recipients of
the Fitch Award.



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