Preservation in Mississippi

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• Book Quotes: Jane Jacobs on Gentrification

  By ELMalvaney on March 18, 2009 • ( 0 )

  “Gentrification” is a word that we preservationists have thrown at us alot. And unlike other arguments against preservation (such as “there’s just too many old buildings around here for the young folks”), gentrification is one that I believe has merit… Read More ›

• Book Quotes: Jane Jacobs on Streets

  By ELMalvaney on March 17, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  Jacobs’ in-depth observation of her own city, New York, has stuck with me, and this passage from the chapter “The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety” is one that I often recall in particular when I watch my own, much less urban street…. Read More ›

• Book Quotes: Jane Jacobs on City Planning

  By ELMalvaney on March 16, 2009 • ( 1 )

  From time to time, either because I’m lazy or because I’m exceptionally clever, I will post a week-long series on a certain topic. This week, our inaugural series will be quotations from Jane Jacob’s classic The Death and Life of Great… Read More ›

• Gulfport Library update

  By ELMalvaney on March 15, 2009 • ( 2 )

  

  A third public meeting about the future of Gulfport Library took place on Thursday (the 12th) and this one seems to have actually produced some encouraging movement on all sides. According to the Sun-Herald article, the many interested parties, including… Read More ›

• New Events Calendar

  By ELMalvaney on March 14, 2009 • ( 0 )

  The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed a new little feature I’ve added to Preservation in Mississippi, a calendar of events that I hope we can use to keep ourselves apprised of all the stuff going on around the state… Read More ›

• Release Me, You Fiend!

  By ELMalvaney on March 13, 2009 • ( 2 )

  Earlier this week, I was walking around downtown Jackson, past the Old Capitol (1839), past the Lamar Life Building (1925), the Governor’s Mansion (1840), the U.S. Courthouse (1933), over to Jackson City Hall (1846), the Hinds County Courthouse (1930), and… Read More ›

• On Developers, Modernism, and Fondren

  By ELMalvaney on March 12, 2009 • ( 3 )

  

  After I wrote this post, I decided that it should be considered Part II of The Return of Modernism. In the latest issue of the Northside Sun, editor Wyatt Emmerich discusses the recent talk given by developer David Watkins at… Read More ›

• An Important House Needs Our Help

  By ELMalvaney on March 11, 2009 • ( 3 )

  

  A reader contacted me about a house north of Natchez that is very important to Mississippi’s history but that needs some tender loving care to be restored to its former glory. The house was built in 1854 and is a fine… Read More ›

• Meridian City Hall

  By ELMalvaney on March 10, 2009 • ( 3 )

  

  An interesting article in the Meridian Star on Sunday about the cost of renovating the Meridian City Hall. I like it when writers take the time to point out the complexities of the issue at hand, and it sounds like City… Read More ›

• Last Hope for Carr Central?

  By ELMalvaney on March 10, 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  Here’s sending good thoughts to Carr Central–an amazing 1920s school and Vicksburg landmark. I still don’t understand why the historic preservation tax credits amounting to, I think, 45% of the total cost, aren’t enough to get this project going, but… Read More ›

• Update on Philadelphia

  By ELMalvaney on March 9, 2009 • ( 1 )

  Thanks to tsj1957 for sending along the link to the Neshoba Democrat article about last Monday’s historic preservation commission meeting in Philadelphia. As I’m sure you recall from my previous post because you read every last word in every post I’ve… Read More ›

• Historical Society Report

  By ELMalvaney on March 8, 2009 • ( 4 )

  

  A good crowd, with an average age of, ooooh, let’s just say, above the average age of the rest of Mississippi, showed up to the Old Capitol Friday and Saturday for the annual meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society. For the first… Read More ›

• Mississippi Celebrates Architecture

  By ELMalvaney on March 7, 2009 • ( 1 )

  The Clarion-Ledger ran an article summarizing the Mississippi AIA’s exhibit and lecture series this week. This is the event I had a hard time finding information on earlier in the week in “A Series of Fortunate Events“: A multipronged exhibition at the… Read More ›

• And Another Thing . . .

  By ELMalvaney on March 6, 2009 • ( 0 )

  A 4th event I forgot to mention is a symposium at the Manship House here in Jackson this coming Monday (9th).  Here’s a tidbit from the MDAH site: March Symposium Examines Victorian Dining Practices On Monday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to… Read More ›

• A Series of Fortunate Events

  By ELMalvaney on March 5, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  They say it never rains but it pours. They also say it never rains in Southern California, so why did it sprinkle last time I was there? At any rate, Jackson isn’t exactly known for its plethora of architecture-highlighting events. Don’t… Read More ›

• To Russia With Love

  By ELMalvaney on March 4, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m sure most of you as you read my blog think of me as cool and sophisticated, which of course I am. Completely. But I have to admit there’s just a little piece of me that’s . . . well . …. Read More ›

• Dealing with Vernacular Places

  By ELMalvaney on March 4, 2009 • ( 2 )

  

  If you get off the interstate at Vaiden and go about 7 miles on the highway, then turn onto a paved county road and go another 7 miles, turn right onto a gravel road for a mile or so, then… Read More ›

• Historic Bridges Site

  By ELMalvaney on March 3, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  Kaitlin at Preservation in Pink recently put up a very helpful post giving good internet resources for researching historic bridges. Most of us know about HABS/HAER, but I hadn’t heard of the website called Historic Bridges of the U.S. This site has hundreds… Read More ›

• To Holly Springs and Back

  By ELMalvaney on March 2, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  A few days ago I made the incredibly long trip up to the Far North, to Union and Tippah Counties and Holly Springs. When you have to make such a trip, you’re always torn between scheduling as much as possible so… Read More ›

• In Mississippi? In March??

  By ELMalvaney on March 1, 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  It snowed in Jackson last night, ya’ll! I’m probably boxed in here for days, but don’t worry, I still have electricity and some crackers and ice I can melt for water . . .

• Gulfport Library Meeting

  By ELMalvaney on February 27, 2009 • ( 11 )

  The second public meeting regarding the future of the Gulfport Library was held yesterday in Gulfport. Apparently the county, which seems to have always been more willing to consider keeping the building than the City of Gulfport has, is asking… Read More ›

• MDA’s Cultural Corners Program

  By ELMalvaney on February 26, 2009 • ( 0 )

  This article in the Vicksburg Post about five towns being named Cultural Corners communities reminded me of this new, not-yet-well-known heritage tourism program begun by the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). According to the article: MDA’s Certified Cultural Corners Program was launched… Read More ›

• Demolition Issue in Philadelphia (Miss.)

  By ELMalvaney on February 25, 2009 • ( 2 )

  An article in the Neshoba Democrat gives a good in-depth discussion of the issues surrounding the demolition request that First Baptist Church in Philadelphia has filed. A request to demolish or move an historic home adjacent to The First Baptist… Read More ›

• Stimulus Bill + Preservation

  By ELMalvaney on February 24, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Those who know me well (and to know me is to love me, am I right? :-) are aware that I have a horror of debt. I try very hard to live within my means, and I would like my government to… Read More ›

• Everything Old is New Deal Again

  By ELMalvaney on February 22, 2009 • ( 2 )

  Before I forget, here’s an interesting New York Times article about the loss of New Deal public buildings at the hands of eeeviilll local and state governments. The author notes the irony of this destruction in the midst of what some… Read More ›

• To Columbus (Miss.) and Back

  By ELMalvaney on February 20, 2009 • ( 5 )

  

  On a whim, I took advantage of this fine February Friday to take a jaunt up to Columbus and see a few sites and meet a few people. Columbus isn’t as old as Natchez, but by the 1850s, Columbus had enough fine… Read More ›

• Threatened Building in Dallas w/Mississippi Connection

  By ELMalvaney on February 19, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Ok, I know it’s in Dallas, but Robert Johnson made a recording there, and that’s enough of a Mississippi connection for me to be interested.  It’s also a great Art Deco building: http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2009/todays-news/threatened-dallas-art-deco.html

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