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Chinese artisans traveling to Virginia to journalist and sinologist William H. Hinton.
A Gateway from Past to Future: Philadelphia Chinatown Friendship Gate
HSPV Thesis
Timeline of Market East showing major historical periods and urban transformations.
Market East
HSPV 7010
Rendering of a restaurant
Historic Preservation Studio: Detroit
HSPV 701-201
Map of San Francisco comparing air bnb locations with historical landmark locations
Thesis: Xue Fei Lin
Thesis Lin
Analysis of wood elements at Teliesin West
Thesis: Zhen Ni
Thesis Ni
Screen grab of an Instagram account
Cultural Landscapes & Landscape Preservation
HSPV 538-001
Original construction photos. Source: Louis I. Kahn: Richards Medical Research Building: The Bulletin Of The Museum Of Modern Ar
Thesis: Sung Di
Thesis Di
Vacant property numbers are roughly remaining the same in Baltimore. Areas with properties removed from the vacants list in Febr
Thesis: Amanda L. Stevens
Thesis Stevens
Foote Homes, Memphis, Tennessee, Ariel View of Foote Homes, including adjacent residential and commercial buildings.
Monuments of Racialized Blight and Ruin: Interpreting the Spatial and Architectural Legacy of Classical Plantation Architecture
HSPV Thesis
Perspective view of the 19th century dairy building following partial restoration. Historic Brattonsville, York County, South Ca
Thesis: Gabriel J. Harper
Thesis Harper
Exterior of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Office at Taliesin west. Source: Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation website.
Thesis: Mónica P. Ortiz Cortés
Thesis Ortiz Cortés
Run down kitchen in Moulton house
Thesis: Noah Kramer Yoder
Thesis Yoder
Historic photo of a man power washing a stone
Topics in Preservation Technology: Litho-Mania
HSPV 741-301
Map of HBNS from G.W. Baist’s 1909 Atlas of Delaware County.
“Why Did They Call This Place Scrapple Hundred?” Placemaking in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania’s Historically Black Community
HSPV Thesis
Historic Buildings
Thesis: Maggie Sollmann
Thesis Sollmann
Selected extant and removed Isaiah Zagar mosaics near South Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This analytical map identifies selected mosaics near South Street that remain extant and others that have been removed. The information reflected in the figure includes updates available through January 2026. Because of the limited geographic scope of the source map, the figure does not represent all of Zagar’s works in Philadelphia and is intended only as a partial example.
Preserving Living Mosaics: Multi-Level Strategies for Isaiah Zagar’s Public Art in Philadelphia
HSPV Thesis
Project methodology.
Conservation Seminar: Architectural Finishes
HSPV 7400-001
Workers constructing a plywood enclosure around the Columbus Monument, June 16, 2020.
Stone, Story, and Strife: Charting the Life of the Christopher Columbus Monument in Marconi Plaza
HSPV Thesis
Aerial view of an old cemetery
Conservation Seminar: Masonry
HSPV 739-301
Facades of two storefronts
Historic Preservation Studio: Philadelphia
HSPV 701-201
Comparison of a “low” platform at Upsal Station (left) with an “elevated” platform at Chestnut Hill West Station (right) which requires different operation procedures. Recognizing the significance of continuous operation helps introduce more accessible and efficient facilities like elevated platforms and elevators to reduce costs.
The Preservation Implication of a Struggling Railroad: An Examination of the Chestnut Hill West Branch in Philadelphia
HSPV Thesis
Del Carmen Church in 2019. Photo by Author.
Thesis: Héctor J. Berdecía-Hernández
Thesis Berdecía-Hernández
PHMC Property Ownership and Deaccession PA map 2019
Thesis: Sarah Jane Knauer
Thesis Knauer
experiment set up
Thesis: Chongke Wu
Thesis Wu
Gaskill in 1903 and 2020
Thesis: Sarah Lerner
Thesis Lerner
Preservation sign outside of Independence Hall.
Commerce or Significance: Commercial Interventions on Cultural Interpretation at Two Philadelphia Historic Sites
HSPV Thesis
Elevation of a street
Contemporary Design in Historic Settings
HSPV 640-301
A man wearing headphones cuts cement using a large machine
Thesis: Joseph R. Bacci
Thesis Bacci
New York City office buildings then and now
Thesis: Yujia Zhang
Thesis Zhang
View of a city from a rooftop
Topical Seminar, Urban Regeneration in The Americas: The Conservation and Development of Urban Heritage Areas
HSPV 703-401
The Cinerama Theatre. Los Angeles, California.
Thesis: Emelyn Ruby Nájera
Thesis Najera
Black and white photo of house in Princeton NJ
Thesis: Adrian Trevisan
Thesis Trevisan
Room of historic house with several students examining it
Conservation Seminar: Architectural Surface Finishes
HSPV 740-301
Map of Rockaway
Thesis: Katherine Brill
Thesis Brill
Info and images of Tulpehocken station
Thesis: Abigail Dolan
Thesis Dolan
Old ad for marble headstone
Thesis: Renata Lisowski
Thesis Lisowski
Site plan and surrounding context (left), rectified image and condition drawing of the north elevation (middle), and conditions glossary (right).
Conservation Seminar: Masonry
HSPV 7390-301
Historic photo of a marble pavilion under construction in a cemetery
Documentation, Research, Recording II
HSPV 601-001
Students walking outside of a castle
Historic Preservation Studio: Powderham, England
HSPV 701-201
Attendees of the LiDAR Data Workshop navigated the ditch corridor of Sungbo's Eredo, illustrating the dense vegetation and steep laterite walls that characterize much of the site and limit accessibility.
Reinterpreting Sungbo’s Eredo Through Yoruba Narrative, Memory, and Ethical Immersive Design
HSPV Thesis
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