Preserving the West : California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington / Randolph Delahanty ; photographs by E. Andrew McKinney ; additional photographs by Randolph Langenbach ; foreword by William T. Frazier.

Main entry:

Delehanty, Randolph.

Title & Author:

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

ix, 181 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-181).
Western panorama -- Preserving the West -- Map of sites -- Preserving traditional forms, the Navajo hogan, Monument Valley Tribal Park, Arizona -- Religion and preservation, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Arizona -- Two brown barrios, Tucson, Arizona -- Company town, preserving through single ownership, Ajo, Arizona -- State-of-the-art preservation, San Francisco, California -- Earthquakes and preservation, reconstruction of Stanford's Old Quad, Stanford, California -- Design, control and preservation of urban form, Santa Barbara, California -- Heritage of the Modern Age, the Los Angeles Basin, California -- Porno and preservation, from the Stingaree to Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, California -- Dead center in the American West, Austin, Nevada -- Abandoned ranch, the long-drawn-out death of the small ranch, Humboldt County, Nevada -- Vanishing Zion, Great Basin Mormondom's farm villages,
Spring City and Sanpete County, Utah -- Historic mining town, the real thing, Silver City, Idaho -- Coping with success, preservation, community, and tourism, Jacksonville, Oregon -- Fragmented heritage, stitching together a ravaged city, Portland, Oregon -- Monuments of the early automotive landscape, the Columbia River Scenic Highway, Multnomah Falls Lodge, and St. John's Bridge, Oregon -- One hamlet and one family, Oysterville, Washington -- Boom, bust, and preservation, Port Townsend, Washington -- American military heritage, the Puget Sound and Columbia River forts, Washington -- After the mall, reinvestment in an old industrial city, Tacoma, Washington -- Perservation leader in the West, Seattle, Washington -- Passing of the regional barn, Spangle and Oysterville, Washington -- Preserving joy in the city, Spokane, Washington -- Regionial source guide

Summary:

Review of two dozen efforts to preserve old buildings, neigborhoods, and districts in the West. Well illustrated.

ISBN:

039474070X (pbk.)
9780394740706 (pbk.)
0394740750 (pbk.)
9780394740751

Subject:

Historic sites Conservation and restoration West (U.S.)
Architecture Conservation and restoration West (U.S.)
Historic preservation West (U.S.)
Architecture Conservation and restoration
Historic preservation
Historic sites Conservation and restoration
West (U.S.) History, Local.
États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire locale.
West United States

Form/genre:

Local history

Added entries:

McKinney, E. Andrew.
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 112165
Call No.: ID:86-B2471
Status: Available

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