A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Cultural landscape reports (CLRs) serve as the National Park Service's primary document for the treatment of cultural landscapes, defined as geographic areas associated with a historic event, activity, or person, or areas that exhibit significant cultural or aesthetic values, CLRs are tools to inform day-to-day decision making as well as long-term landscape preservation strategies. These goals are met by providing information about a site's history and evolution, existing conditions, historical significance, and integrity to guide sensitive and well-informed treatment actions. At Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Eleanor Roosevelt NHS or Val-Kill), a CLR has been prepared to provide information about the cultural landscape to inform the most appropriate presentation of the Val-Kill landscape that allows visitors a snap-shot of the place Eleanor Roosevelt so affectionately called home. This report represents the first volume of a CLR, including a site history, existing conditions, and analysis of significance and integrity, which will hopefully be followed by a comprehensive landscape treatment plan in the future. Currently, a general management plan (GMP) is being prepared for the combined Roosevelt/Vanderbilt properties, including Val-Kill, the Home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Top Cottage, and Vanderbilt Mansion to replace outdated individual GMPs.
Cultural landscape reports (CLRs) serve as the National Park Service's primary document for the treatment of cultural landscapes, defined as geographic areas associated with a historic event, activity, or person, or areas that exhibit significant cultural or aesthetic values, CLRs are tools to inform day-to-day decision making as well as long-term landscape preservation strategies. These goals are met by providing information about a site's history and evolution, existing conditions, historical significance, and integrity to guide sensitive and well-informed treatment actions. At Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Eleanor Roosevelt NHS or Val-Kill), a CLR has been prepared to provide information about the cultural landscape to inform the most appropriate presentation of the Val-Kill landscape that allows visitors a snap-shot of the place Eleanor Roosevelt so affectionately called home. This report represents the first volume of a CLR, including a site history, existing conditions, and analysis of significance and integrity, which will hopefully be followed by a comprehensive landscape treatment plan in the future. Currently, a general management plan (GMP) is being prepared for the combined Roosevelt/Vanderbilt properties, including Val-Kill, the Home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Top Cottage, and Vanderbilt Mansion to replace outdated individual GMPs.
Cultural Landscape Report for Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. Volume I: Site History, Existing Conditions, and Analysis
L. Nowak (author)
2005
296 pages
Report
No indication
English