Thanks for your comment and post! We did indeed document the panel discussion, and it will be available for viewing on the Getty Conservation Institute website after February 1.

Best,
Melissa

Great article! I think you raise some very pertinent questions yet to be answered in this field. There is a very complex interplay between preservation and development, and I don’t necessarily think they should be divorced from one another. Historic properties and stories can be integrated into visions of the future, too! I hope you were able to film/record/document the panel discussion– I’m very interested to see how the panelists addressed the issues of historic preservation, sustainable development, and cultural heritage advocacy. Please let me know!

Also, I wrote a short piece on Culture in Peril about your post and some of the ideas you present. Here is a link: http://cultureinperil.blogspot.com/2011/01/adaptive-reuse-and-cultural-heritage.html

All the best,

Nicholas Merkelson
Culture in Peril
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