Neighborhood Preservation Toolkit

In 2018, PennPraxis led the Historic Preservation Citizen Engagement Project, bringing the conversation started by the Mayor’s Task Force on Historic Preservation to neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia. The project was funded by the William Penn Foundation, and was led by PennPraxis Managing Director Julie Donofrio and Research Associate Molly Lester, in partnership with a network of 21 community liaisons. Its resulting Neighborhood Preservation Toolkit is a new, free resource to build a larger, broader constituency for preservation in Philadelphia. The toolkit is available through PennPraxis and on PHLPreservation.org, the website of the Historic Preservation Task Force. It is published in English, Chinese, and Spanish, and is available for download as the full version or as individual chapters. It is also available to check out as a library book from the Free Library of Philadelphia.

Full Downloads

• Neighborhood Preservation Toolkit, Guidebook Full Version (English) and Poster
• 社区保护工具书, Guidebook Full Version (Chinese) and Poster
• Juego de Herramientas para Preservar Vecindarios (Barrios), Guidebook Full Version (Spanish) and Poster

English (Chapter Downloads)

• Neighborhood Preservation Toolkit, Guidebook Intro
• Guidebook Chapter 1: I want to…Care for an Older Home…in My Neighborhood
• Guidebook Chapter 2: I want to…Improve and Maintain the Design Quality and Character…in My Neighborhood
• Guidebook Chapter 3: I want to…Strengthen and Sustain Small Businesses and Commercial Corridors…in My Neighborhood
• Guidebook Chapter 4: I want to…Learn and Share the History…in My Neighborhood
• Guidebook Chapter 5: I want to…Create Change and Influence Policy…in My Neighborhood
• Guidebook Chapter 6: I want to…Know Who’s Who and Who Do I Talk To
• Guidebook Glossary and Back Matter

Chinese (Chapter Downloads)

• 社区保护工具书, Guidebook Intro
• Guidebook Chapter 1: 我想要……保护我社区中的一幢老房子
• Guidebook Chapter 2: 我想要……改善和保持我社区中的设计质量和特点
• Guidebook Chapter 3: 我想要……强化和保持我社区中的小规模经营和商业廊道
• Guidebook Chapter 4: 我想要……学习并分享我的社区的历史
• Guidebook Chapter 5: 我想要……构思改变和影响我的社区的政策
• Guidebook Chapter 6: 不同人的职责是什么？我该和谁沟通？
• Guidebook Glossary and Back Matter: 术语表

Spanish (Chapter Downloads)

• Juego de Herramientas para Preservar Vecindarios (Barrios), Guidebook Intro
• Guidebook Chapter 1: Yo quiero…...cuidar una casa antigua en mi vecindario
• Guidebook Chapter 2: Yo quiero…mejorar y mantener la calidad de diseño y el carácter en mi vecindario
• Guidebook Chapter 3: Yo quiero…fortalecer y sostener pequeños negocios y corredores comerciales en mi vecindario
• Guidebook Chapter 4: Yo quiero… aprender y compartir la historia de mi vecindario
• Guidebook Chapter 5: Yo quiero… crear cambios e influir en las políticas de mi vecindario
• Guidebook Chapter 6: ¿Quién es quién y con quién debo hablar?
• Guidebook Glossary and Back Matter: Glosario