{"id":10709,"date":"2014-06-18T21:22:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T02:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=10709"},"modified":"2014-06-18T21:22:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T02:22:31","slug":"42nd-annual-meeting-architecture-objects-session-may-29-modern-preservation-for-a-modernist-city-developing-a-district-wide-preservation-plan-for-columbus-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/06\/18\/42nd-annual-meeting-architecture-objects-session-may-29-modern-preservation-for-a-modernist-city-developing-a-district-wide-preservation-plan-for-columbus-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"42nd Annual Meeting – Architecture + Objects Session, May 29, \u201cModern Preservation for a Modernist City: Developing a District-Wide Preservation Plan for Columbus, Indiana\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are a fan of mid-century modern architecture, Columbus, Indiana, is not to be missed. \u00a0I drove straight there\u00a0after hearing this<\/a>\u00a0NPR story about the “The Midwest Mecca of Architecture”\u00a0in\u00a02012, and was thus thrilled to attend\u00a0Richard McCoy’s\u00a0<\/i>presentation on the subject. \u00a0The town of 44,000 residents boasts 7 of Indiana\u2019s 35 National Historic Landmarks. 6 were designed between 1942 – 1965, when Cummins Inc.<\/a> elected to pay all architect fees for new civic structures, attracting the likes of Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Richard Meier, I.M. Pei, Harry Weese, Henry Moore, and Dale Chihuly, to name a few. \u00a0Construction of schools, churches, parks, and office buildings was founded on the principle that the built environment is crucial to a quality community.
\nMcCoy has been tasked with forming a preservation plan to preserve Columbus\u2019 architectural wealth, while not restricting the town’s ability to grow and thrive within its historic\u00a0landscape. \u00a0His talk, retitled \u201cThe Columbus Challenge\u201d, discussed the initial stages of guiding the town- and its residents- into a new way of caring for its cultural heritage.
\nWhat is the goal?<\/b> To create a preservation process for historic\u00a0architecture, landscaping, and public art located within the Columbus Arts District<\/a>. \u00a0The plan should be: useful and fun, foster community, educate, raise and distribute funds, and\u00a0provide for a sustainable\u00a0future.
\nHow?<\/b>\u00a0 First, put information in highly visible places. As McCoy states: \u201cIf you can\u2019t Google it and get back good information, then it doesn\u2019t exist\u201d.
\nActions:<\/b> Wikipedia<\/a> inventories of landmarks, modern and historic buildings, public art, as well as architect biographies were published. \u00a0Public artworks were also made accessible on The Public Art Archive<\/a> and CultureNOW\u2019s Museum Without Walls<\/a>. Several previously undocumented artworks were ‘discovered’, and a total of 440 building entries were recorded during\u00a0the inventory process.
\nNext steps:<\/b>\u00a0Develop stakeholder support and engagement, as well as connect with allied organizations, understanding that all answers to a preservation policy must originate from- and be sustained by- the community itself.
\nYour next step:<\/b> Visit Columbus. Take a tour<\/a> and then eat ice cream at Zaharakos<\/a>\u2019 (est. 1900) marble counter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are a fan of mid-century modern architecture, Columbus, Indiana, is not to be missed. \u00a0I drove straight there\u00a0after hearing this\u00a0NPR story about the “The Midwest Mecca of Architecture”\u00a0in\u00a02012, and was thus thrilled to attend\u00a0Richard McCoy’s\u00a0presentation on the subject. \u00a0The town of 44,000 residents boasts 7 of Indiana\u2019s 35 National Historic Landmarks. 6 were … Continue reading “42nd Annual Meeting – Architecture + Objects Session, May 29, \u201cModern Preservation for a Modernist City: Developing a District-Wide Preservation Plan for Columbus, Indiana\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":10236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,22,32,16],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-10709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-meeting","category-architecture","category-objects","category-specialty-sessions","tag-aics-42nd-annual-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}