Browsing Papers Written for the Historic Preservation Law Seminar by Title
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Climate Changing the Past in the Present: Historic Preservation Policy Recommendations to Facilitate the Biden Administration's Whole-of-Government Approach to Climate Change
(2021-05-17)Climate change is one of the greatest crises facing present and future generations. This present and future mindset, however, often neglects the need to ground climate change policy in the past by promoting historic preservation. -
Conservation Districts: A Solution for the Deanwood Neighborhood?
(2007-05-07)Preserving and protecting home ownership and the affordable housing in the United States remains a serious concern despite numerous federal programs intended to encourage home ownership and to provide affordable housing ... -
Demolition by Neglect: Repairing Buildings by Repairing Legislation
(2007-05-10)One of the biggest problems today facing communities with historic preservation ordinances is delinquent owners who don’t have the will or the finances to maintain their historic properties and landmarks. Historic preservation ... -
Economic Hardship and Historic Preservation of Non-Profits: Balancing Individual Burden with Community Benefit
(2008-05-13)This paper will examine how a number of jurisdictions treat the takings standard for non-profit organizations, and will suggest ways of clarifying and improving the law. Part I discusses Penn Central, which sets the high ... -
Greening Historic DC: Challenges and Opportunities to Incorporate Historic Preservation into the District's Drive for Sustainable Development
(2009)This paper focuses primarily on the District of Columbia, a city with a robust past and a bold agenda for a sustainable future. However, it may not be obvious why historic preservation - a movement typically concerned with ... -
House of the Setting Sun: New Orleans, Katrina, and The Role of Historic Preservation Laws in Emergency Circumstances
(2006)In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, while various government bodies scrambled to address the myriad tragedies and emergencies that arose from the disaster, one critical question went largely unanswered and ignored: What ... -
If They Can Raze it, Why Can't I? A Constitutional Analysis of Statutory and Judicial Religious Exemptions to Historic Preservation Ordinances
(2007)In 1996, America almost lost a great piece of its history. The Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, located in Los Angeles, was in danger of being destroyed. The "Baroque-inspired Italianate structure" was completed in 1876 by ... -
Improving Historic Preservation Enforcement in the District of Columbia
(2006-05-08)Within the past few years, the creation of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) has been an important change in the District of Columbia government. OAH is viewed by many as an innovative government agency that ... -
Interior Preservation: In or Out?
(2008)This paper examines takings and due process challenges in the leading cases that galvanized the constitutionality of interior preservation. These cases together form the shield that protects interior designations from ... -
The Intersection of Gender and Early American Historic Preservation: A Case Study of Ann Pamela Cunningham and Her Mount Vernon Preservation Effort
(2007)American historic preservationists universally credit Ann Pamela Cunningham, the woman who saved George Washington's Mount Vernon home, as the chief architect of the historic preservation movement in the United States. ... -
Is an Exemption from Historic Preservation Designation for Religious Institutions Needed in the District of Columbia?
(2008-05-13)In December 2007, the District of Columbia's Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB), in a unanimous decision, landmarked the Third Church of Christ Scientist, built by the firm of famous architect I.M. Pei in 1970, ... -
Not Brick by Brick: Development of Interior Landmark Designation Policies in Washington , D.C.
(2004-05-11)The Supreme Court’s 1978 decision in Penn Central Transp. Co. v. City New York firmly established that state and local governments may enact land use regulations that further the concerns of historic preservation. The Court ...
