Charleston Faces the Next Half-Century [VHS]

Publication

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2015.002.058

Secondary Title

Architectural Forum on the Threshold of a New Millennium The Challenge of Historic Preservation in Charleston Today and Tomorrow: The Challenge of Historic Preservation The Historic City Faces its Future

Description

One of several sessions of the Architectural Forum, held as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Historic Charleston Foundation. Panel discussion moderated by Thomas Thornhill, Past President of HCF, with panelists Nancy Hawk (Civic Leader), Harold Koon (President, Mazyck-Wrqggborough Neighborhood Association), Michael Molony (Past President, Ansonborough Neighborhood Association), and Jeff Rosenblum (Chairman, Board of Architectural Review). Presentations by panelists, followed by Q&A. Topics discussed include maintaining livability by keeping residential buildings residential, improving traffic conditions, and ensuring that buildings are made of high quality materials that will last for centuries (Hawk); improvements in Mazyck-Wraggborough and the challenges faced by all neighborhoods (Koon); the unique pressures on Ansonborough and efforts of the neighborhood association to address them (Molony); factors that affect future trends in architecture - growth, urban planning, and style (Rosenblum). Q&A topics include the need for an accommodations survey; the hope for "first class" contemporary architecture, e.g., Union Pier; inclusion of College of Charleston historic preservation students in advocacy efforts; educating new home buyers from outside of Charleston in architecture and preservation; the need to assess appropriate height, scale, and mass of new architecture; the impact of tour buses versus pedestrian tourists. Also includes anecdotes about Charleston during the 1930s-1960s, from its slum-like and "ghost town" conditions to the period of growth after WWII to its current successes. 1 videocassette (VHS) : 75 min.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2015.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2015)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Videotape

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Photographic Media

Nomenclature Class

Photographic T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Historic preservation--South Carolina--Charleston, Architecture--South Carolina--Charleston

Publication Details

Author

Thornhill, Thomas E.

Series

Historic Charleston Foundation Architectural Forum (50th Anniversary)

Publisher

Historic Charleston Foundation

Place Published

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Date Published

1997

Call No.

NA108 .C4 A7345 1997a

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Full title of forum series: Architectural Forum on the Threshold of a New Millennium. "The Challenge of Historic Preservation in Charleston." Saturday, November 8, 1997. Today and Tomorrow: The Challenge of Historic Preservation: The Historic City Faces Its Future. Presented at the Historic Rotunda at the Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St., Charleston, SC. Produced by IVS Video, Inc. (Charleston, SC).

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 4, 2015

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 24, 2023