Course SyllabusUPP594 – Special Topics in Urban Planning and PolicyIntroduction to Historic Preservation PlanningUniversity of Illinois at Chicago – Spring 2009113 2BSBInstructor: Vincent L. Michael, PhD. Vince is the John H. Bryan Chair of Historic Preservation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a Trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, serves on the Executive Committee of the National Council for Preservation Education and Landmarks Illinois and the Senior Advisory Board of the Global Heritage Fund. [email protected] course provides an overview of the legal, economic and political circumstances surrounding historic preservation. We will focus on the planning techniques that allow buildings, districts, structures, sites and other resources to be saved and ultimately preserved, rehabilitated, restored, and/or interpreted. We will also discuss how preservation laws deal with design and demolition review, and how preservation planning spans a host of techniques beyond regulation, including education, public relations, community advocacy planning, and SWOT analysis.The class meets 6-9 PM Wednesdays. The principal text is A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century, Edited by Robert E. Stipe. (University of North Carolina, 2003). It is available at the UIC bookstore. Other documents will be available through the blackboard, along with links to the National Park Service, National Trust for Historic Preservation, and various local agencies and entities.Evaluation of students will be made based on two short written exercises (20%); a mid-term test (40%), class participation and presentations (20%) and a final paper (40%). Thesyllabus and some readings will be posted on the course Blackboard site. Additional readings may be posted and/or distributed in class.January 14 – Introduction to Historic Preservation – The Hows and Whys of PreservationReading (for January 21)Stipe, Introduction and Chapter 1“The Basics of Preservation” (handout)Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Preservation Planning (blackboard link)Assignment: Explain the distinctions between the National Register of Historic Places and the National Trust for Historic PreservationJanuary 21 – Preservation Planning Process: Context; Survey; Evaluation and TreatmentReading (for January 28)Stipe, Chapter 2Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Preservation Planninghttp://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_1.htm“Defining SIGNIFICANCE through CONTEXT” (HANDOUT)Assignment: Write a two-page statement on the CONTEXT of an historic property. This will be an argument FOR preservation of an historic property based on its historical and architectural context. DUE January 28.January 28 - Federal Preservation Programs: The National Register of Historic Places andSection 106 ReviewReading (for February 4)Stipe, Chapters 3 and 4Review National Register database, National Historic Preservation Act, www.nps.govSection 106 regulations www.achp.gov/work106.html (pdf)NHPA Act Amendments of 2006 – (REFERENCE) Y 1.1/5:109-235 February 4 – Design Review by State and Federal Agencies: Case Studies and StandardsReading:Stipe, Chapter 5Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for the Treatment of Historic Properties. - www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/standards_guidelines.htmFebruary 11 - Local Landmarks Designation: Chicago and BeyondReading:Chicago Historic Resources Survey www.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/Chicago Landmarks Ordinance www.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/Ordinance.html and “Landmark Designation Process” and “Criteria for Designation of Proposed Landmarks” available as pdfs at the same site.Assignment: Write a statement in favor of local landmark designation of an historic property. Key each of your arguments to one of the criteria in the Landmarks Ordinance of Chicago. Try to keep the statement brief in length, popular in language and persuasive in tone. To be presented in class on February 18.February 18 – Design Review by local agencies: Case Studies and StandardsReading: City of Chicago “Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings” at www.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/Ordinance.htmlPreservation of historic architecture : the U.S. government's official guidelines for preserving historic homes / Department of the Interior. NA106 .U55 2004Assignment: Attend a meeting of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission, Evanston Historic Preservation Commission or some other local preservation entity that is part of a Certified Local Government. You may attend either a regular meeting or a Permit Review/compliance meeting. You will report on your visit in April.February 25 – Zoning and Historic PreservationReading: Review Chicago zoning ordinance – Map and Computerized Ordinance (CZO)http://maps.cityofchicago.org/website/zoning/March 4 – Economics of Preservation – Sprawl and New HousingReading: Handouts on real estate economicsMarch 11 – Economics of Preservation – Pro Formas for Buildings and the use of Preservation Tax IncentivesReading: “Economics of Rehabilitation” National Trust for Historic Preservation Information Series Number 53March 18 – MID TERM TEST on Federal, local laws, zoning and economics.Lecture on Preservation LawReading: Preservation law handoutApril 1 – Historic DistrictsReading: Politics of historic districts : a primer for grassroots preservation / WilliamE. Schmickle. HT167 .S263 2007April 8 - Public RelationsReading: Handouts on public relationsApril 15 – Heritage Areas and Interpretive PlanningFinal paper proposal DUEReading: I & M Canal National Heritage Corridor, Preserving a Prairie PassagewayApril 22 – House Museums, Houses of Worship, Theatres and Other Preservation ChallengesReading: New solutions for house museums : ensuring the long-term preservation ofAmerica's historic houses / Donna Ann Harris. E159 .H265 2007April 29 – International Preservation Reading: International charters in preservation from Athens (1932) to Xi’an (2005)FINAL PAPER DUE MAY 1,