The six photos above are all taken at, according to Google’s handy altimeter, roughly 27,000 feet (8230 meters) above mean sea level. Thus, each shows approximately the same number of acres or hectares of the planet surface, the differences in land surface elevation being a trivial component of the view. Five of the six photographs [...]
Archive for April, 2008
G. Earth Explains Rural Preservation to Albemarle County
Posted in Albemarle County, Charlottesville, Cultural Preservation, Rural Preservation on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mr. G. Earth Tours the UNESCO World Heritage List for You
Posted in Albemarle County, Charlottesville, Cultural Preservation, UNESCO World Heritage List on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Above are satellite photographs of six UNESCO World Heritage List properties. Well, technically, five, since Monticello and the University of Virginia form two parts of a combined listing. These two may be joined in that listing by a third site, the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, forming in a kind of World Heritage Archipelago [...]
Kenridge, Albemarle County, Added to Virginia Landmarks Register
Posted in Albemarle County, National Register, Virginia Landmarks Register on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Overshadowed by the Fifeville discussion and vote at the March 20th joint session of the State Review Board and the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, there was another local action: Kenridge (PDF), in Albemarle County, was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register and recommended to the National Register of Historic Places. The house [...]
Dan Bluestone is (sort of) Wrong About the New Jefferson Scholars Foundation Building!
Posted in Charlottesville, Compton House, Cultural Preservation, USGBC on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After making a set of reasonable criticisms of the proposed replacement for the Eugene Bradbury 1913 Compton House in a sharply-worded Letter to the Editor of The Daily Progress, University professor Daniel Bluestone challenges the rainwater harvesting aims of VMDO Architects, the designers of the complex in which Jefferson Scholars Foundation plans to cloister [...]
“Sustainable Design” versus Sustaining a Culture: No Excuses.
Posted in Charlottesville, Cultural Preservation, National Register, USGBC, Virginia Landmarks Register on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The catalog of cultural properties eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register includes the category “structures.” It’s a broad one, but boils down to something made by a human being and bent to a human purpose other than providing human shelter. Examples could be: A lighthouse. A bridge. A [...]
Fifeville Virginia Landmark District Created, National Register of Historic Places Historic District Pending
Posted in Charlottesville, National Register, Virginia Landmarks Register on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An excerpt from the draft minutes of the March 20th Joint Meeting of the Virginia State Review Board and the Virginia Board of Historic Resources, with some editing for clarity.
A word on the responsibilities of the two Boards referred to below: The State Review Board [SRB] is an expert advisory board of composition mandated by [...]
The PAPA Spring Workshop Meeting
Posted in PAPA Organizational Information on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The PAPA held its annual Spring Workshop Meeting on March 6th at the offices of the Piedmont Environmental Council. Brian Broadus, an associate with a Charlottesville architecture firm, explained how to register for the joint PAPA blog. David Neuman, PAPA representative from the University of Virginia and the Architect for the University, offered to [...]
