View the original Post and Courier Editorial here One of my favorite books is “How Buildings Learn” by Stewart Brand. It’s about architecture and preservation, but it’s more specifically about what happens to our buildings despite architects and preservationists. It’s about what happens when we use them and adapt them over time. “Almost no buildings […]
View the original Post and Courier Editorial Here The challenges facing Charleston’s preservationists in the next 100 years are looking less and less like the issues they worked on during their first century. When the movement began to coalesce in the early 1900s, its leaders fought to prevent old buildings from being torn down. They […]
View original Post and Courier Editoria here The Unity Friendship Society is only one of 23 cemeteries in the upper peninsula historic district. New nonprofit hopes to raise awareness and support for them. Robert Behre/Staff Historic preservation began with a focus on the oldest, most architecturally significant buildings, especially those associated with historically prominent figures […]
Left: ABC News 4 coverage of efforts to list Phillips on the National Register; right: CHS Today piece on Phillips preservation efforts There was a flurry of positive media last week around the work the Preservation Society is undertaking alongside […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2021 Media Contact: Victoria Futrell | 216.544.0837 | vfutrell@preservationsociety.org CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – A grant has recently been awarded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in support of nominating the Phillips Community to the National Register of Historic Places. Phillips is one of the last remaining intact, historic African-American […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 27, 2020 Victoria Futrell | 216.544.0837 | vfutrell@preservationsociety.org Preservation Society of Charleston Executive Director and Board Chair Appointed to National Preservation Leadership Teams CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – Entering it’s second century of tireless advocacy work on behalf of the citizens of Charleston, the Preservation Society of Charleston is pleased to announce […]