national register nomination for boulevard park historic

planning is a distinct and separate field, issues like income diversity in housing are
disconnected from the study of historic preservation.
General Works in Historic Preservation
General works on historic preservation frequently begin as teaching aids. James
Marston Fitch’s Historic Preservation: Curatorial Management of the Built World,
published in 1982, was based on Fitch’s efforts to develop an academic program for
historic preservation at Columbia University in the early 1960s. 11 This program was a
response to “the complete lack of any structured form for training them in the United
States.” 12 Norman Tyler’s Historic Preservation: An Introduction to its History,
Principles and Practice began as a textbook for a class in historic preservation. 13 William
Murtaugh’s Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America was
written as a response to the preservation movement’s preoccupation with methodology
and process. It was still a teaching tool, but focused on the motives behind historic
preservation and less on preservation methods. 14
Fitch’s Historic Preservation opens with theory but focuses on historic
preservation practice. The subtitle Curatorial Management of the Built World concisely
expresses Fitch’s approach to preservation. Historic buildings are effectively museum
artifacts without the benefit of a museum. In his view, the goal of the preservation
11
Tomlan, Michael, “Historic Preservation Education: Alongside Architecture in Academia.” Journal of
Architectural Education, Vol. 47, No. 4 (May, 1994) p. 187-196
12
Fitch, James Martin, Historic Preservation: Curatorial Management of the Built World. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1982, p. xi
13
Tyler, Norman, Historic Preservation: An Introduction to its History, Principles and Practice. New York:
W.W. Norton & Co., 2000
14
Murtaugh, William J, Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America. New York:
John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
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