Welcome!
Below are the SAH regional chapter news updates received by the liaison during the month of May 2021.
-Amanda Roth Clark
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Dear SAH-NY Metropolitan chapter,
Please find attached here our calendar of NY-area events for May. Most events are virtual, but we have color-coded those that are in-person, for your reference. To have an event listed on a future calendar, please email: jon.ritter@nyu.edu
Best regards, from, —Jon Ritter
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From: Phila Chapter SAH Info <info@philachaptersah.org>
Date: May 6, 2021 at 5:04:54 PM PDT
Subject: Help Philly Museums & Science Behind Climate Solutions [g4]
THE WAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE NEED YOUR VOTES
Last month The Reading Terminal Market beat out 10 other public markets in the US to win USA Today’s 2021 Best Public Market award. As of Monday, the Wagner Free Institute of Science was ranked #3 in USA Today’s 2021 Best Free Museum competition and The Franklin Institute was ranked #5 in the 2021 Best Science Museum category. From now until the end of the voting period on Monday, May 10, the results will be hidden. Let’s all vote once a day from now to Monday to put both of these deserving museums at the top!
Here’s the link to vote for the Wagner Free Institute of Science
https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-free-museum/wagner-free-institute-of-science-philadelphia/?mc_cid=98286ec174&mc_eid=d84e4b263b
And here’s the link to vote for The Franklin Institute
https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-science-museum-2021/the-franklin-institute-philadelphia/?fbclid=IwAR0Nob_Je0RGycbomAunKSuEeMzJ_sGMlU6A7FrU4O28H1JQAJHlT7S9RQY
REMEMBER VOTE ONCE A DAY FROM NOW THROUGH MONDAY, BE PHILLY PROUD!
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The Delaware County Institute of Science PRESENTS
THE SCIENCE BEHIND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS – FOOD & AGRICULTURE
Thursday, May 27, at 7:30 PM
free and open to all to attend. Pre-registration is required. Learn more at: https://sites.google.com/view/drawdowndcis/schedule/food
The Delaware County Institute of Science (DCIS) is continuing with its discussions on Zoom about efforts by scientists and everyday people to reverse global warming, themed along the solutions developed by Project Drawdown. The session on will have two panelists that will discuss topics ranging from the impact of water on the global food system and the use of satellite/drone technologies, to farming energy and biogas.
The Delaware County Institute of Science (DCIS) was founded in 1833 by five Quaker men: Dr. George Smith, John Cassin, Minshall Painter, George Miller, Jr., and John Miller. The mission of this organization was to diffuse knowledge to the general public, by establishing a natural history museum and a lending library. For almost 200 years DCIS has been managed and maintained by volunteers. Its permanent home is located in the 1867 building located at the corners of Jasper Street and Veterans Square in Media, PA. For more info visit https://www.delcoscience.org/
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Enjoy!
Mary Anne
If at any time you no longer wish to be on the list please let me know at info@philachaptersah.org or ffaphila@hotmail.com and I will remove your address within eight business days.
Program Committee & Board Member, Philadelphia Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians
www.philachaptersah.org
SAH Needs YOU! Join the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, and help us promote and preserve our architectural history and heritage. Here’s a link to join today https://philachaptersah.org/index.php/membership/
Historical Society of Frankford presents
THE HISTORY OF FRANKFORD ARSENAL
by John Buffington
Tuesday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Free via live stream on the Historical Society of Frankford’s Facebook page and YouTube channel
John Buffington will talk about the history of Frankford Arsenal, a National Historic Register site, which also has 9 buildings specifically listed on the Philadelphia Historic Register, from the near-disaster of American military inadequacy in the War of 1812, through base closure in 1971 and privatization in 1977, to current status, threats, and opportunities.
As always, we invite you to comment and post questions in either platform’s comment section, however this time we will do something a little different. At the close we will invite viewers to post questions and comments to be addressed live about the potential for the Historical Society of Frankford to intervene more aggressively in situations like the current lamentable state of Buildings 2 and 3 at the Arsenal. So please stay tuned to the end, especially if you think that we aren’t doing enough on preservation emergencies.”
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Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia presents
CELEBRATE GO PUBLIC GARDEN DAYS AT SHOFUSO!
IN PERSON TOUR OF SHOFUSO
Thursday, May 13 – AM Tour 11:30 AM or PM Tour 3:00 PM
Don’t miss the opportunity to join Shofuso Head Gardener Sandi Polyakov for a guided tour of Shofuso, at no additional cost over regular admission to the house and garden! He will guide you through the historical site and traditional elements of Japanese gardens, such as the koi pond, the tea garden, the tsuboniwa and more. No reservation required. Admission to the garden can be purchased in person at Shofuso.
VIRTUAL GARDEN PROFILES
Go Public Gardens Days and Norfolk Botanical Gardens have developed Virtual Garden Profiles. Presented by representatives of two dozen gardens across the country, these Virtual Profiles will give the public a chance to learn about gardens they can visit once travel is more prevalent in the wake of the pandemic. Garden Profiles will be every night during Go Public Gardens Days (May 7-16) and Saturday, starting at 6 PM Eastern. These presentations are free and will be available for viewing after the live presentation.
ELEMENTS OF JAPANESE GARDENS:
guided virtual walkthrough of Shofuso
May 14, 7-8 pm EDT
How do Japanese gardens differ from Western gardens? Learn what makes Japanese gardens unique through this virtual guided tour of Shofuso, with Head Gardener Sandi Polyakov.
REGISTER for this free program here
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Berks History Center in Reading, PA presents
FIRST BARN TOUR OF 2021: THE HISTORIC OLEY VALLEY
with Greg Huber of Eastern Barn Consultants
Saturday May 22, 2021
The tour will involve the exciting and historic Oley Valley, located in eastern Berks County. Featured will be several “new” barns – ones that have not been on previous tours. This should be enjoyable time for everyone. We will have a separate morning tour and a separate afternoon tour. Both tours will be via a car caravan.
Contact person is Vickie Heffner – 610 413 5543 – Please call soon as we only have space for 15 cars per barn tour.
Greg Huber is a barn and house historian who has recorded over 8,000 historic barns and houses over the past 45 plus years. Barn documentations have included 17 states in the east, areas in Canada and barns on the west coast. Three extended trips to Europe have also included barn, church and cathedral examinations in five countries. For more info or to subscribe to Greg’s Historic Barn News and Events Newsletter visit www.easternbarns.com
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Enjoy!
Mary Anne
If at any time you no longer wish to be on the list please let me know at info@philachaptersah.org or ffaphila@hotmail.com and I will remove your address within eight business days.
Program Committee & Board Member, Philadelphia Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians
www.philachaptersah.org
SAH Needs YOU! Join the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, and help us promote and preserve our architectural history and heritage. Here’s a link to join today https://philachaptersah.org/index.php/membership/
SAH Philadelphia Chapter invites you to join us for
Our Annual Member Meeting
Thurs, May 27 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom
Free, no registration required.
Join Zoom Meeting https://Jefferson.zoom.us/j/98581864459
The brief business meeting will be followed by a talk:
ARCHITECTURE CONFRONTING INEQUALITY: SLUM UPGRADING TACTICS IN LATIN AMERICA
by Pablo Meninato, PhDBeginning in the second half of the twentieth century, most Latin American countries experienced unprecedented mass migration of impoverished people moving from rural areas to informal settlements located at the urban periphery. Dr. Pablo Meninato will present how several contemporary architects across Latin America have been developing urban interventions that significantly depart from conventional approaches to architecture and planning. He will concentrate on the tactical initiatives developed in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the San Diego-Tijuana border, at the urban periphery of Buenos Aires, and the barrios of Medellin. This research contributes to a forthcoming book, Informality and the City. Theories, actions, interventions.
Pablo Meninato, PhD is an architect, architectural critic, and educator whose research focuses on the conception and development of the architectural project. He has academic degrees from the University of Belgrano at Buenos Aires, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Meninato is the author of Unexpected Affinities (Routledge, 2018), a book that proposes a historical reassessment of the concept of architectural ‘type’ and its impact on the design process. The book examines affinities between tactics of the readymade—as conceived by the artist Marcel Duchamp—and typological displacement. In his current research, Meninato investigates how various contemporary architects are developing new and original urban design tactics that enhance the quality of life in informal settlements across Latin America.Prior to joining Temple University as Associate Professor, Meninato taught and practiced architecture at various academic institutions in the U.S. and Latin America.His essays have been published in various magazines, journals, and books. Together with his collaborator, Dr. Gregory Marinic, Meninato will be publishing two books: Informality and the City. Theories, actions, interventions (Springer, January 2022) and Hopeful Rebar. Informal Urbanism in Mexico City (University of Cincinnati Press, March 2022).
SAVE THE DATE:
Saturday July 31, 2021
A WALKING TOUR OF LANCASTER, PA
This is an SAH Phila members-only program as space is limited.
Registration info will be announced in early July
For information on becoming an SAH member visit our website
https://philachaptersah.org/index.php/membership/
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From: Phila Chapter SAH Info <info@philachaptersah.org>
Date: May 22, 2021 at 7:53:55 AM PDT
To: ffaphila@hotmail.com
Subject: Philadelphia Railroads & Architecture Confronting Inequality [g4]
Oliver Evans (Philadelphia) Chapter Society for Industrial Archeology
invites you to our next program
PHILADELPHIA RAILROADS
presented by Joel Spivak, author & rail historian
Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
The program will be presented through a Zoom meeting.
Pre-registration is required to receive the link to the Zoom meeting.
To register, please send an email indicating your interest to oesiaphila@gmail.com
Philadelphia, “the workshop of the world,” produced locomotives, railcars, interiors, wheels, and tracks. Some of the earliest railroads in the country operated in Philadelphia and left a legacy of treasures around the city.
Take a virtual tour and hear about Joel’s love of the railroad and how he developed a lifelong interest in the subject.
The book, “Philadelphia Railroads,” by Allen Myers and Joel Spivak, is a tribute to Oliver Evans, the inventor of the American “High Pressure Steam Engine.”
Chapter member Joel Spivak is a native of Philadelphia and has had a varied career in architecture and the arts. His community service is legendary, and has benefited neighborhoods all over the city. Projects he was involved in include creating the South Street Renaissance and defeating the Crosstown Expressway in the 1970s, the opening of Rocketships & Accessories space toy store in the ’80s, and winning the “Outstanding Achievement in Design for Affordable Housing” HUD award in the 1990s. He created and managed a Little League baseball team at Sack’s Playground at 5th & Washington in the early ’90s, and has created events for National Hot Dog Month for the past 10 years. In addition, he has written three books on transportation history in Philadelphia. He was awarded “Citizen of the First Rank” by City Council for his lifetime commitment to his neighborhood and the city of Philadelphia.
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SAH Philadelphia Chapter invites you to join us for
Our Annual Member Meeting
Thurs, May 27 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom
Free, no registration required.
Join Zoom Meeting https://Jefferson.zoom.us/j/98581864459
The brief business meeting will be followed by a talk:
ARCHITECTURE CONFRONTING INEQUALITY:
SLUM UPGRADING TACTICS IN LATIN AMERICA
by Pablo Meninato, PhD
Beginning in the second half of the twentieth century, most Latin American countries experienced unprecedented mass migration of impoverished people moving from rural areas to informal settlements located at the urban periphery. Dr. Pablo Meninato will present how several contemporary architects across Latin America have been developing urban interventions that significantly depart from conventional approaches to architecture and planning. He will concentrate on the tactical initiatives developed in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the San Diego-Tijuana border, at the urban periphery of Buenos Aires, and the barrios of Medellin. This research contributes to a forthcoming book, Informality and the City. Theories, actions, interventions.
Pablo Meninato, PhD is an architect, architectural critic, and educator whose research focuses on the conception and development of the architectural project. He has academic degrees from the University of Belgrano at Buenos Aires, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Meninato is the author of Unexpected Affinities (Routledge, 2018), a book that proposes a historical reassessment of the concept of architectural ‘type’ and its impact on the design process. The book examines affinities between tactics of the readymade—as conceived by the artist Marcel Duchamp—and typological displacement. In his current research, Meninato investigates how various contemporary architects are developing new and original urban design tactics that enhance the quality of life in informal settlements across Latin America. Prior to joining Temple University as Associate Professor, Meninato taught and practiced architecture at various academic institutions in the U.S. and Latin America. His essays have been published in various magazines, journals, and books. Together with his collaborator, Dr. Gregory Marinic, Meninato will be publishing two books: Informality and the City. Theories, actions, interventions (Springer, January 2022) and Hopeful Rebar. Informal Urbanism in Mexico City (University of Cincinnati Press, March 2022).
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Mary Anne
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