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Brandon Spencer-Hartle's Blog – January 2012 Archive (4)

Roundup: Crystal's Centennial, Proof (again) that Preservation is Green, and OHS jobs

This week, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Seattle-based Green Lab released a new report titled, "The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Reuse." The 94-page report digs into a host of misconceptions…

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Added by Brandon Spencer-Hartle on January 27, 2012 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Roundup: Fortifying a Covered Bridge, Flushing at Whiteside, and a Lighthouse Goes Dark

Across Oregon, this has been nothing short of a wild weather week. As far as we've heard here at the HPLO office, the winter storms haven't caused significant damage to any of the state's historic resources. But, in addition to the rain, snow, and ice blanketing the state, there's lots of preservation news to share. Here's this week's Friday…

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Added by Brandon Spencer-Hartle on January 20, 2012 at 11:30am — No Comments

Roundup: Preservation 101, Honoring Marion Dean Ross, and Main Street Updates

This week we're going to keep the Friday Preservation Roundup brief, in part because there isn't much news to share but also because we've been spending a lot of time preparing for our spring programs. Thanks to the many of you who contributed, our year-end campaign to raise $12,000 was…

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Added by Brandon Spencer-Hartle on January 13, 2012 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Roundup: A Demo Permit in Pendleton, Elk Damage in Portland, and a Tangent on Moving a Barn

This being the first Friday Preservation Roundup of 2012 following our holiday blogging hiatus, maybe it’s no surprise that there’s a lot of stuff going on in the Oregon preservation world. At the HPLO we’ve been busy getting our winter program schedule finalized and energized for some fun lectures, candidate forums, and masonry building workshops…