COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Rust-oration: The Preservation of Deindustrialization in Rust Belt Cities
Creator:
Reich, Sophie
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Historic Preservation
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Historic Preservation
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
Deindustrialization has irrevocably changed the character of the Rust Belt and has had long
lasting effects that are far from being corrected. This thesis defends the significance of
deindustrialization, urban decline, and persistent neglect in Rust Belt cities and recommends
treatments that allow for the representation of loss that is a result of such disinvestment.
Current restoration treatments being applied to historic buildings in the Rust Belt do not
recognize the significance of loss in the built environment. The visual erasure of
deindustrialization poses a serious issue for how the history of the Rust Belt will be
interpreted in the future, as the decline is part of what is significant about the region. This
thesis assesses different strategies for the representation of loss in restorations and makes
recommendations for historic preservation treatments that recognize the hardships endured
in the Rust Belt as a result of deindustrialization.
lasting effects that are far from being corrected. This thesis defends the significance of
deindustrialization, urban decline, and persistent neglect in Rust Belt cities and recommends
treatments that allow for the representation of loss that is a result of such disinvestment.
Current restoration treatments being applied to historic buildings in the Rust Belt do not
recognize the significance of loss in the built environment. The visual erasure of
deindustrialization poses a serious issue for how the history of the Rust Belt will be
interpreted in the future, as the decline is part of what is significant about the region. This
thesis assesses different strategies for the representation of loss in restorations and makes
recommendations for historic preservation treatments that recognize the hardships endured
in the Rust Belt as a result of deindustrialization.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2013-05
Format:
PDF : 98 p. : ill