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An Introduction to Cultural Landscape Documentation & Preservation

May 23 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Cazenovia, NY
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This one-day workshop for preservation planners, cultural resource managers and stewards of historic properties. The day’s agenda will include defining the types and
characteristics of cultural landscapes; documenting historic and current conditions including preparation of period and contemporary
plans; developing treatment plans within an historic preservation context; examples of cultural landscape reports and their various
components; interpreting the cultural landscape; what resources to consult and what steps to take in establishing a cultural landscape
preservation program; and touring the historic landscape at Lorenzo.

Presenting cultural landscape experts:
John Auwaerter, Co-director of the Center for Cultural Landscape
Preservation, SUNY ESF, and a National Park Service Partner with the
Olmsted Center in Boston
Christine Capella-Peters, member of the technical staff for the NYS Historic
Preservation Office, a division of OPRHP
George Curry, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, SUNY
ESF and cultural landscape Project Director at SUNY ESF