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Periodic updates, preservation news, and information from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture's Master of Science in Building Conservation (Historic Preservation) program, a 32-credit, two-year course of study whose classes are conducted on Fridays and Saturdays every two weeks throughout the fall, winter, and spring, enabling working professionals to maintain full-time employment while obtaining a highly specialized degree or pursuing career change.
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Please scroll down for links to additional resources, including: Rensselaer & Troy Sources, Explore Troy Links, Historic Preservation Employment Sources, Faculty Firms/Employers, Historic Preservation (and related) Organizations - National, New York State, and Northeast, Heritage Areas, Blogroll, Book Sellers, Reading Room, Statewide Historic Preservation Plans, and the Blog Archive.
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About This Blog
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- Historic Troy, New York, United States
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Master of Science in Building Conservation program was created in 1998 through the vision of School of Architecture Dean Alan Balfour, who recognized that a significantly increasing percentage of construction in the 21st century would involve rehabilitation of existing structures, particularly in the northeast. Led by Frederick Cawley, former executive assistant to New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation commissioner Joan Davidson and long-time executive director of the Preservation League of New York State, the 32-credit, part-time, alternate weekend program is taught by a 15-member, all-adjunct faculty, who have published widely and are nationally recognized experts in their fields, whose full-time employment is with the region's leading historic preservation architecture, engineering, materials conservation, planning, and archeology firms (see below). This blog is maintained by adjunct professor and architectural historian/historic preservation planning consultant Amy Facca. Email:
Blog Archive
Rensselaer and Troy Links
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
- RPI Building Conservation Program
- What Is Troy All About? (If you've never been to Troy and are planning a visit, start here)
- Troy, New York (Wikipedia)
- 2007 State of the City [Troy, NY] Address (Mayor Harry Tutunjian)
- Troy, NY (Preserve America Community)
- New York Times Escapes: Where the Finest Antiques Can't Be Bought [Troy, NY]
- 33 Plusses to Life in the Capital Region (from the Sage Colleges)
- Top Ten Reasons to Visit - Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Troy Night Out (Last Friday, Every Month)
- RiverSpark Visitor Center
- Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway
- Rensselaer County Historical Society
- Rensselaer County Architectural Styles (RCHS)
- City of Troy, NY
- Historic Mt. Ida Neighborhood/Upper Congress Street (Final Studio Project)
- Washington Park Association
Explore Troy (Dining, Arts, Entertainment, etc.)
- 272 Antiques
- Aurora's Willow Creek (Clothes, etc.)
- Bournebrook Antiques
- Broken Mold Studio
- Brown's Brewing Company (Brew Pub)
- Clement's Frame Shop & Art Gallery
- Counties of Ireland (Clothes, Gifts)
- Daily Grind (Coffee/Cafe)
- Daisy Bakers (Dining)
- Dana Rudolph & Co. (Beads)
- Digital Artist's Space
- Flavour Cafe (Coffee/Tea/Cafe)
- Fulton Street Art Gallery
- Greenleaf Studio
- Hotspot Cafe & Lounge
- JK Bloom Jewelers
- Jose Malone's Irish American (Dining)
- Kismet Gallery
- Living Room Antiques
- Market Block Books
- Revolution Hall (Live Music)
- Ryan's Wake Pub
- Some Girls Boutique
- Spill 'n the Beans (Coffee/Cafe)
- The Arts Center
- The Irish Mist (Dining)
- The Photography Center
- Tosca Grille (Dining)
- Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Historic Preservation Employment
- American Planning Association - Online Job Listings (mostly planning)
- Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) - Available Positions
- Historic New England - Employment
- Jobs: Cornell PreserveNet
- Museum Association of New York's Career Headquarters
- National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers - Jobs
- National Housing Institute - Jobs (Housing and Community Development)
- NTHP Forum Online - Career Opportunities (Members Only)
- NTHP Main Street Jobs
- Planetizen (mostly, but not all, planning jobs)
- Society of Architectural Historians - Career Center
Historic Preservation (and Related) Organizations - National
- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
- Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation
- Alliance of National Heritage Areas
- American Architectural Foundation
- American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- American Institute of Architects - Historic Resources Committee
- American Planning Association (APA)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
- APA's Urban Design and Preservation Division
- ASLA's Historic Preservation Professional Practice Network
- Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI)
- Association for Preservation Technology International - NE Chapter
- Cyburbia
- Docomomo US
- Federal Preservation Institute
- Friends of Terra Cotta
- Heritage Conservation Network
- Heritage Preservation - The National Institute for Conservation
- Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation
- League of Historic American Theaters
- Main Street Program - National Trust for Historic Preservation
- National Alliance of Preservation Commissions
- National Building Museum
- National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT)
- National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE)
- National Council on Public History
- National Park Service - National Heritage Areas
- National Park Service: HABS, HAER, HALS
- National Park Service: Historic Preservation
- National Park Service: Historic Preservation Planning
- National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places
- National Park Service: Preservation Briefs
- National Preservation Institute
- National Register of Historic Places
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- National Trust for Historic Preservation Library
- National Vacant Properties Campaign
- NeighborWorks America
- Partners for Livable Communities
- Partners for Sacred Places
- Planetizen
- Planners Web/Planning Commissioners Journal
- Preservation Action
- Preservation Trades Network
- Project for Public Spaces
- Recent Past Preservation Network
- Smart Growth Network
- Society for Commercial Archeology
- Society for Historical Archeology
- Society for Industrial Archeology
- Society for the History of Technology
- Society for the Preservation of Old Mills
- Society of Architectural Historians
- The Victorian Society in America
- U.S. Heritage Group - Preserving America's Historic Masonry
- Vernacular Architecture Forum
- Whole Building Design Guide - Historic Preservation Committee
Historic Preservation (and Related) Organizations - New York State
- NYS SHPO
- Preservation League of NYS
- Adirondack Great Camps
- Adirondack Architectural Heritage
- Albany Business Improvement District
- Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
- Celebrate Kingston's Architecture
- Capital District Planners Association
- Friends of Historic Kingston
- Friends of the Three Bears
- Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts
- Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
- Historic Albany Foundation
- Historic Districts Council (NYC)
- Historic House Trust (NYC)
- Historic Ithaca, Inc.
- Historic Stockade (Schenectady)
- Hudson River Heritage
- John J. Harvey Fireboat Restoration
- Landmarks Preservation Commission (NYC)
- Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier
- Landmark Society of Western New York
- Landmark West!
- Market Street Restoration Agency
- The Municipal Art Society of New York
- New York Landmarks Conservancy
- NYC Subway - 150 Years of Rapid Transit in NYC
- New York Main Street (NYS DHCR)
- New York Main Street Alliance
- New York Planning Federation
- New York Preservation Archive Project
- New York State Barn Coalition
- New York State Covered Bridge Society
- Newburgh Preservation Association
- New York Upstate Chapter of American Planning Association
- Otsego 2000
- Owego, NY Historic Preservation Commission
- Preservation Association of the Southern Tier
- Preservation Coalition of Central New York
- Preservation Coalition of Erie County
- Preservation League of Staten Island
- Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation
- Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities
- Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance (NYC)
- Washington Park Association
Historic Preservation (and Related) Organizations - Northeast United States
- Historic New England
- Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
- Connecticut SHPO
- Connecticut Main Street Center
- Historic Barns of Connecticut
- Preservation Delaware
- Delaware SHPO
- Main Street Delaware
- Maine Preservation
- Maine Historic Preservation Commission
- Maine Downtown Center
- Preservation Maryland
- Maryland Historical Trust
- Main Street Maryland
- Baltimore Main Streets
- Preservation Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Historical Commission
- Boston Main Street Center
- New Hampshire Preservation Alliance
- New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources
- New Hampshire Main Street Center
- New Jersey Historic Preservation Office
- Preservation New Jersey
- Main Street New Jersey
- Rhode Island SHPO
- Providence Preservation Society
- Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
- Preservation Trust of Vermont
- Vermont Heritage Network
- Vermont Downtown Program
- Historic Windsor (VT)
- APVA Preservation Virginia
- Virginia Department of Historic Resources
- Virginia Main Street
- Washington, D.C. Preservation League
Heritage Areas (NYS)
- Albany
- Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
- High Falls (Rochester)
- Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial
- Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
- Long Island North Shore Heritage Area
- Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor
- RiverSpark-Hudson Mohawk (Troy, NY)
- Seneca Falls Heritage Area
- Syracuse Heritage Area
- Western Erie Canal Corridor Commission
Blogroll (Historic Preservation and Related Blogs)
- Arizona Preservation
- Brownstoner (NYC)
- CECPP - Citizens Emergency Committee to Preserve Preservation (NYC)
- Endangered Durham (NC)
- Historic Districts Council Newsstand (NYC)
- My Florida History
- My Hometown Ohio
- PCJ + Plus (Blog from Planning Commissioners Journal)
- The Classicist (Blog from Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America)
BOOKS! (Feed Your Book Addiction and Support LOCAL bookstores FIRST!)
- Market Block Books (Troy, NY)
- The Book House (Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY)
- Charles B. Wood III Inc. Antiquarian Booksellers (Cambridge, MA)
- Prairie Avenue Bookshop (Chicago, IL)
- Urban Center Books (NYC)
- William Stout Architectural Books (San Francisco, CA)
- Bookfinder (for rare and out-of-print books -- watch out this is dangerous and addicting!)
Reading Room
- A Checklist for Rehabilitation (NPS)
- Blueprints (National Building Museum newsletter)
- Design Guidelines Online (National Alliance of Preservation Commissions)
- Electronic REHAB (NPS)
- From the Roof Down and Skin Deep (NPS)
- Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning (formerly National Register Bulletin 24)
- History on the Line: Testimony in the Cause of Preservation (Richard Longstreth)
- Illustrated Rehabilitation Guidelines (NPS)
- Illustrated Treatment Guidelines (NPS)
- Incentives - Guide to Federal Preservation Tax Incentives (NPS)
- Issues Papers: Conservation Districts (NPS)
- Local Preservation Reference Shelf - Annotated Bibliography (NPS/NAPC)
- Managing Moisture in Your Historic House (NPS)
- Metropolis
- Old House Journal
- Places Journal
- Planetizen
- Preservation Briefs (National Park Service)
- Preservation Online
- Preservation Planning: Ensuring a Future for Our Past (CRM 23:07)
- Rehab Yes/Nos (NPS)
- Strategies for Protecting Archeological Sites on Private Lands (NPS)
- Subdivision Regulations and Historic Preservation (NPS)
- Telling Historic Preservation Time (NPS)
- Walk Through Historic Buildings (NPS)
- Working on the Past in Local Historic Districts (NPS)
- Zoning and Historic Preservation (NPS)
Statewide Historic Preservation Plans (Northeast)
- Statewide Historic Preservation Plan Profiles (NPS)
- CT: Building Quality Communities: Historic Preservation in Connecticut
- DE: The Future of Our Past - Historic Preservation Planning in Delaware, 2001-05
- ME: A Heritage for the Future - A Plan for Preserving Maine's Historic and Archaeological Resources
- NJ: A Blueprint for Building Historic Preservation into New Jersey's Future (2002-07)
- NY: NYS Historic Preservation Plan, 2002-06
- PA: Honoring the Past, Planning for the Future - Pennsylvania's Historic Preservation Plan, 2006-11
- RI: Rhode Island's Historic Preservation Plan Element (partial)
- WV: Preserving Our Mountain Heritage - Statewide Historic Preservation Plan, 2002-06
Faculty Firms/Employers
- Building Conservation Associates
- Eastfield Village/Great American Craftsmen
- Einhorn Yaffee Prescott
- Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc.
- Donald Friedman/Old Structures
- Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.
- Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway
- Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker
- River Street Planning & Development
- John G. Waite Associates