http://ncptt.nps.gov National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:24:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-symposium-to-honor-james-marston-fitch/ http://ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-symposium-to-honor-james-marston-fitch/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:20:25 +0000 NCPTT http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3901 A symposium is being held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, from 9AM to 5PM to honor James Marston Fitch, a founding father of historic preservation in the United States. Fitch was an architect, preservationist, and a founder of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.

The topic for this year will be "The Preservationists' Eye: Esthetics in Reuse and Conservation of the Historic Built Environment" and will be held at the recently restored Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at 15 East 84th Street in New York City.

The deadline for applying for the Fitch Mid-Career Grant and the Richard L. Blinder Award is Wednesday, September 16, 2009.]]> http://ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-symposium-to-honor-james-marston-fitch/feed/ 0