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Three Black residences on Hancock Street in Portsmouth that would be demolished during the Marcy-Washington Streets Project in the early 1960s (Portsmouth Athenaeum).
Thesis: Elizabeth Donison
Thesis: Donison
The percentage of WHS Cultural Sites that are once inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, never inscribed, or currently on the list.
Thesis: Xinyu Dong
Thesis: Dong
Dedication of the exterior murals at the Blanche A. Nixon / Cobbs Creek Branch in August 1982. Source: Free Library of Philadelphia Digital Collections.
Rethinking Public Space Capstone Studio
HSPV 7210
HSPV 7010: Henry Ossawa Tanner House Studio
HSPV 7010: Tanner House
MPTW from within its courtyard, looking northwest, 1989.
Thesis: Cyrus Yerxa
Thesis: Yerxa
This photomicrograph shows a sample of the original shutters exhibiting a series of monochromatic cream paint layers. The sample is captured using different light-passing imaging techniques - visible light on the left and UV visible with a DAPI filter (365 nm) on the right. The magnification used for the image is 40x on the Zeiss Axion 5 fluorescent microscope.
Thesis: Nicola Macdonald
Thesis: Macdonald
HSPV 701-201: Downtown Selma
HSPV 701-201
Diagram of variations of the Flying Africans folktale.
Thesis: Allison Nkwocha
Thesis: Nkwocha
Transverse section looking east, drawn by Yi-Ju Chen.
Documentation II: Heritage Recording and Site Analysis
HSPV 601
Children Riding Overbrook Trolley, 1908, West Philadelphia. (Source: Free Library of Philadelphia, Print and Picture Collection)
Thesis: Faye Messner
Thesis: Messner
HSPV 7010: Carbondale
HSPV 7010: Carbondale
Advocates for preservation maintenance have been active since the American Bicentennial. This wayside was placed directly outside Independence Hall shortly after the national celebrations. (Source: “NPS Reading List: Maintaining Historic Buildings,” National Park Service, 1990)
Thesis: Colin Cohan
Thesis: Cohan
The Vignette Showcases the Interior of Hung Far Low at the Portland Chinatown Museum
Thesis: Haoyi Shang
Thesis Shang
NDT Analysis: Beam
Capstone Studio Taliesin West: Materials + Materialities
HSPV 7210
HSPV 7010: Eastern State Penitentiary
HSPV 7010
Sheepherder's Tent, 1950s. Photo Source: Photo #3803.1526, Taliesin West Digital Images, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, Scottsdale, AZ.
Thesis: Jane Nasta
Thesis: Nasta
Internal heat gains of exterior window interventions compared to the base case over six months.
Thesis: Alyson Rock
Thesis: Alyson Rock
View of Wing Phat Plaza, one of two operating Vietnamese-oriented mini-mall plazas on Washington Avenue. Located between 12th and 11th Streets. Photo by Calvin Nguyen, 2023.
Thesis: Calvin Nguyen
Thesis: Nguyen
(left): Before picture of the Auction Hall (F), 1972; (right): After picture of the Auction Hall (F), 2022.
Thesis: Namrata Dadawala
Thesis: Dadawala
Historical documentation should be consulted to determine the materials and their configuration in a wall assembly. This detail was published in the catalogue, Fireproof Construction for Houses and Other Buildings of Moderate Cost, published by the National Fire Proofing Company in 1910. It shows the industry standard for applying stucco to structural clay tile.
Thesis: Cameron Moon
Thesis: Moon
Thesis: Danele Alampay
Thesis: Alampay
Data dissemination of a portion of the Midway HBIM model. The component’s information is listed in the table and can be called out in the model’s view.
Thesis: Shixin Zhao
Thesis: Zhao
Victorian twin houses, representative of the architecture prevalent around Spruce Hill that warranted the significance for nomination. PC: Sophie Zionts.
Thesis: Sophie Zionts
Thesis: Zionts
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