 Do you get excited by that retro-ranch on your street? Have a “thing” for the funky old gas station or drive-through on your commute? Marvel at the modernity of Midtown Mall? If so, you’re exactly the kind of person we need.
The Landmark Society of Western New York and the Rochester chapter of the American Institute of Architects are partnering through a public survey effort to raise awareness of recent past architecture.
Here you'll find links to a number of resources related to our Recent Past Initiative.
- Do you have a favorite building, landscape or structure from the years 1930-70? We need your help! Add it to our online public survey, or read more about our survey effort.
- Why is the Recent Past the next frontier for preservation? Find out here.
- Read the Landmark Society's preliminary statement on plans for the Midtown Plaza site. Stay tuned for much more to come on this topic in our newsletter and on this site.
- Our trustee Peter Siegrist wrote a summary of the book Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream This book provides an excellent understanding of Gruen, architect of Midtown Plaza.
- On Thursday, April 10, Katie Eggers Comeau, our advocacy coordinator, will present a slide talk sponsored by Historic Pittsford on the topic Landmarks of the Future: Preserving Architecture of the Recent Past.
- There is a nationwide group interested in advancing the public's understanding of the Recent Past: the Recent Past Preservation Network.
- The National Park Service has produced guidelines for nominating buildings, landscapes, or structures under 50 years old to the National Register of Historic Places.
- Read a collection of interesting essays about issues pertaining to the preservation of resources from the recent past.
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