Upcoming Event - "Richmond: Lost & Found - The Past, Present and Future of Preservation in Virginia"

This Friday May 1, 2009, the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods (A.C.O.R.N.) is presenting a half day seminar titled "Richmond:  Lost & Found - The Past, Present and Future of Preservation in Richmond."  The program is from 9:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the Virginia Historical Society, located at 428 N. Boulevard, at the intersection of Boulevard and Kensington Avenue.  The cost is $45 to attend and lunch is included.  Parking is behind the building.

Here is how A.C.O.R.N. describes the event:

This annual event promotes preservation, education and revitalization of Richmond's historic neighborhoods, one house at a time.  The outstanding slate of presenters for this seminar mirrors the goals and reflects the mission of A.C.O.R.N. to move Richmond forward by focusing on preserving its rich architectural history, historic neighborhoods, and stemming the further loss of historic structures. 

The seminar program is as follows:

1. Calder Loth, Senior Architectural Historian, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, "Vanished Landmarks in Richmond."
2. Carl R. Lounsbury, Ph.D., Architectural Historian, Architectural Research Department, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, "From Log Cabins to the Williamsburg Capitol: The Architecture of Eighteenth Century Virginia that No One Knows."
3. Bryan Clark Green, Ph.D., Architectural Historian, Commonwealth Architects, and Trey Tyler, Director, ProViz Inc., "Applying Computer Visualization Techniques to the Interpretation of Historic Properties - Digital Reconstructions."
4. Jonathan H. Poston, Esquire, Lecturer, Graduate Center in Historic Preservation, Clemson and the College of Charleston;Former Director of Museums and Preservation Initiatives, Historic Charleston Foundation, "Visions of Olmsted and Chorley: A Critique of Charleston's Modern Preservation Successes and Failures and Its Future Challenges."

Additionally, the program will be moderated by the delightful Harry E. Kollatz, Jr. of Richmond Magazine, with whom I have recently had the pleasure of speaking.

If you are interested in Richmond's architectural history, new technologies to facilitate historic preservation, Richmond's current preservation agenda, and an insider's view of what has worked and, perhaps more importantly, what has failed in one of America's most successful preservation communities, this event is not to be missed.

For information on registration, click on http://www.richmondneighborhoods.org/ and buy your ticket online.  I hope to see you there!