You have been hired by a cell tower company to evaluate a plan that will erect cell towers through a local community. Your job is to locate any historic buildings or sites that might be impacted (placed next to, or on, or be damaged in some way) by the cell towers. You discover there are 10 buildings along the route the cell towers will take. How will you go about deciding if these buildings are historic? What criteria will you use? Why?
The question has been raised, if I were hired to evaluate the plans to erect cell phone towers, and I have discovered that there are ten historic buildings in the path of the towers, which structures would I deem significant to keep. Many of these homes and structures could be damaged, overshadowed, and perhaps even destroyed, so great consideration needs to be taken as to the significance of each structures. There are several criteria which can be used to decide if these are historic and significant. The criteria which I would use have been agreed upon by the National Register for Historic Places. They have been listed on their website to help historians, preservationists, and other individuals in their research to be able to add each of these prominent and important structures and properties to the register. I will be using these to determine that historical significance of each of these structures, because they give a prominent and important insight into the importance that some structures have among many old homes and buildings which still stand throughout America today. These criteria help to determine not only if the structure is old, but whether it has historical significance or can be used for historical purposed in the future. Each government agency has a different view on how a propert...
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In the capital of financial services, two insurance buildings dominate Boston’s skyline. The Hancock Tower and the Prudential Center are structures that display the uneven change and the urban development that has occurred in this city over the course 19th century. Located in back bay these edifices work with the directionalities of their adjacent streets and the cultural history of the structures that surround them. Boston’s foundation was composed in a manner that designated and organized space. This creates the tension and contrast present in that between the two structures. The iconography that these structures have over the city is important. It represents a sense of the past as well as the purpose that the built environment has with a changing society. Even though these structures dominate so much of the skyline, they interact differently with the public. There is a physical boundary that separates the functionalities and interaction in which society can actively have with them. This essay will focus on the structural purpose in regard to the form following function of these skyscrapers and how they each demonstrate a design aspect that characterizes Boston through a visual perspective.
The buildings that I chose to do were an advert for a powerful civilization. The emperors showed their power that they are the great leaders with a lot of money that could get many workers as they possibly could to erect their pattern of monument. The emperor Augustus used propaganda to ensure a vast base of support leading up to his renunciation in 27BC. The Roman emperors also built all these monuments in regard to public entertainment for their political advertising.
Historical buildings are undeniably important to the United States and its people. The law of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, or NHPA, was enacted specifically to protect such buildings. Many citizens appreciate the value of these buildings and take strong stances for their preservation. Such citizens include those of California, which will be the state on that this paper will be focusing on. The issue at hand is who takes the side of the private owners of such buildings when their private property is at the mercy of special interest groups and judicial proceedings? Specifically, owners are at risk of holding an economically defunct asset due to the ambiguous rulings on the matter of designating buildings as historically significant. This paper proposes to rid of that ambiguity and recommends that the Constitution of California be amended to ensure that loss of economic use of real property due to historic designation constitutes a taking and requires just compensation.
America’s history-both good and bad-has much to teach us. Taking down, destroying these monuments is erasing, rewriting the physical symbols of the nation. This type of cultural whitewashing is inglorious. We can treat these monuments as a cautionary tool to remind ourselves what we are and what we are not. The cost forebears paid for the freedom of the nation should be remembered; therefore, people should retain these statues to remind of themselves what these monuments represent.
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History has a strange way of coming back around when it comes to human civilization. It has been said repeatedly that those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. However, just because there is a potential for danger in the future, this does not mean that humanity must ignore what once was. History is normally remembered through what is known as a memorial. When a memorial is put into a physical representation, it is then known as a monument.The need to memorialize events or people is complex; in some cases, monuments honor moments of great achievement, while in other cases, monuments pay homage to deep sacrifice. A monument's size, location, and materials are all considerations in planning and creating a memorial to the past. Examples of such feats are the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and even Mount Rushmore. For the latter of the
When creating a monument, the group or agency needs to consider if the subject is compelling enough to society. The monument has to have
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In conclusion, the controversy of demolishing the original American Folk Art museum’s has been finalized without remorse. According to Diller Scofido+Renfroshas no reasoning could have been found for the integration of the American Folk Art Museum. However, preservation is essential to architecture in the 21st century. It disciplines architecture. Preservation of the American Folk Art Museum will make the site meaningful by keeping the qualities that make it what we call architecture. My opinion is that there are ways to integrate the buildings. Diller Scofido+Renfroshas could have redesigned for a better integration without demolishing the neighboring building ruining a cultural institution. Diller Scofido+Renfroshas is portraying an egotistical and disrespectful opinion towards architecture.
Founded nearly a millennium ago, The Tower of London has traveled through tough British history starting with the ruler, William the Conqueror, “at the beginning of the 11th century,” (Tower of London). Being expanded by different kings and queens, the tower’s structure has been added to many times, from its start as just a temporary wooden building. Why was the Tower of London so important? It enforced the power of kings and queens, from the time after William the Conqueror’s victory at Hastings in 1066 till today, as a museum of the past. The tower had many different uses and housed many different people from royals, to prisoners. As an important monument in central London, the Tower of London, constructed over a large time period, has touched several aspects of British history throughout many years, as historical events occurred involving prisoners, monarchs, and ghosts.
I came across many monuments in my research for this paper. I was very intrigued by monuments in New York City. Many people forget about the less talked about monuments. Such as the Flatiron Building and Gracie Mansion. Of course they are those well-known monuments as well. There is the UN building, which has been around since 1949. Penn Station is also another well-known monument. It has been around since the early 1900’s. There are many others including Grand Central Station, the George Washington Bridge, the Cathedral of St. John and Yankee Stadium just to name a few.