Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Historic Streetcar Systems in Georgia
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have funded the development of a context for resources associated with Georgia's historic streetcar systems, with a focus on the metro Atlanta area, to provide GDOT staff and other preservation professionals a better understanding of these unique resources and to present a framework for their evaluation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). This Act requires federal and state agencies to assess the effects of their undertakings on cultural resources that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Because remnants of streetcar tracks and associated properties are historic, they are surveyed and recorded; yet, their evaluation is often hampered by a lack of understanding of their significance by archaeologists and historians. Tracks covered by cement, streetcar barns adapted for reuse, street configurations defined by streetcar right-of-way, bridges and culverts, cuts, and a host other features are reminders of the remarkable history of the streetcar, which moved urban Georgians from home to work to play between 1869 and 1949. These features can exist individually or, more likely, as groups of resources. It is the interaction of the built environment with archaeological and landscape components that truly convey the sense of streetcar history in the state. Though the geography of the streetcar past can be obscured by the progress of time, clues remain in the landscape, buildings, and streetscape. Understanding their interaction is important and developing eligibility evaluation guidelines for these elements is the objective of this study.
Historic Streetcar Systems in Georgia
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have funded the development of a context for resources associated with Georgia's historic streetcar systems, with a focus on the metro Atlanta area, to provide GDOT staff and other preservation professionals a better understanding of these unique resources and to present a framework for their evaluation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). This Act requires federal and state agencies to assess the effects of their undertakings on cultural resources that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Because remnants of streetcar tracks and associated properties are historic, they are surveyed and recorded; yet, their evaluation is often hampered by a lack of understanding of their significance by archaeologists and historians. Tracks covered by cement, streetcar barns adapted for reuse, street configurations defined by streetcar right-of-way, bridges and culverts, cuts, and a host other features are reminders of the remarkable history of the streetcar, which moved urban Georgians from home to work to play between 1869 and 1949. These features can exist individually or, more likely, as groups of resources. It is the interaction of the built environment with archaeological and landscape components that truly convey the sense of streetcar history in the state. Though the geography of the streetcar past can be obscured by the progress of time, clues remain in the landscape, buildings, and streetscape. Understanding their interaction is important and developing eligibility evaluation guidelines for these elements is the objective of this study.
Historic Streetcar Systems in Georgia
2012
268 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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