{"id":15710,"date":"2017-05-24T17:54:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T16:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=15710"},"modified":"2017-05-24T17:54:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T16:54:07","slug":"ihbc-cpd-in-focus-and-in-context-conservation-area-antecedents-in-americas-southern-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15710","title":{"rendered":"IHBC CPD in focus and in Context: Conservation Area antecedents in America\u2019s southern States"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/context_148_P14-e1495644821645.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15711\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/context_148_P14-215x300.png\" alt=\"Context 148 p14\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>In the latest issue of the IHBC\u2019s membership journal <em>Context<\/em>, themed on the 50th Anniversary of the Civic Amenities Act and the birth of Conservation Areas, Timothy Cantell explores Conservation Area \u2018Antecedents from the American South\u2019.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cantwell writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018New Orleans \u2026. deserves renown for the protective designation of an area of the city \u2013 the first in the USA and almost certainly in the western world. An amendment to the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 laid the groundwork for the creation of the Vieux Carr\u00e9 Commission in 1925. The aim was the preservation of the \u2018quaint\u2019 traditional architecture in New Orleans\u2019 Vieux Carr\u00e9, the so-called French Quarter, the only intact Spanish and French colonial settlement remaining in the USA.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Vieux Carr\u00e9 Statement of Significance speaks of historic buildings reflecting the blending of cultures which created a truly cosmopolitan metropolis, the scene of many important historic events through French, Spanish and American rule, and the role it played in the war of 1812, the Civil War\u2026..New Orleans was the first to create a historic district. Others were not far behind. The old town in Charleston, South Carolina, gained area status a little later than the Vieux Carr\u00e9, but as the latter\u2019s powers evolved slowly it is<\/p>\n<p>Charleston that claims the nation\u2019s first historic preservation ordinance, in 1930. Georgetown (now within DC, but a port in Maryland well before the federal district and the City of Washington were established) followed in 1950. All three were city and state initiatives\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>View\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/context\/148\/index.html#16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Context article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/context\/148\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anniversary issue<\/a> of Context online see \u00a0and see the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/cont_arch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Context<\/em> online archive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest issue of the IHBC\u2019s membership journal Context, themed on the 50th Anniversary of the Civic Amenities Act and the birth of Conservation Areas, Timothy Cantell explores Conservation Area \u2018Antecedents from the American South\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15712,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15710\/revisions\/15712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}