Month: November 2016

November’s SHPO Shout Out!

November 30, 2016 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

Tis the season to be thankful – after all, Thanksgiving was just last week and more holidays are just around the corner – and I for one have been rattling off a list of all the great places in Pennsylvania that I am thankful for and appreciate. The SHPO Shout Out, which, btw, turns 1 year old this month, was intended to send out a big thank you in celebration of all the great people and projects that preserve Pennsylvania’s history everyday. Thank you for all you do to help preserve, protect, and promote Pennsylvania’s historic places and spaces! Read on to see who gets a Shout Out Thank You this month. Make sure to let me know who else we should be thanking and recognizing! Continue reading

Seneca Assisting in the Metal Detector Survey of Alternative 1. Photograph by Chris Espenshade (formerly of Commonwealth Heritage Group), 2015.

Into the Wilderness: Part 3

November 23, 2016 / Keith Heinrich / 0 Comments

The search for Thompson’s Island ends… and a new search begins… Continue reading

The Upper Slate Run Bridge carries PA 414 over Pine Creek in Lycoming County is in the only example of a Quadruple intersection Warren thru truss in the state. Courtesy of historicbridges.org. 2016. Used by permission of Nathaniel Holth.

Fall in Love with a Metal Truss Bridge

November 16, 2016 / Tyra Guyton / 2 Comments

Have you ever driven along the back roads of Pennsylvania and come across one of the state’s beautiful metal truss bridges? Or seen a massive truss bridge spanning a major river crossing? These awe-inspiring bridges are a part of Pennsylvania’s landscape and an important part of the state’s engineering and technological history. Continue reading

Community Connections: Planning for Preservation in Pennsylvania

Don’t Just Look Forward or Backward: Look Around for Preservation Partners

November 9, 2016 / David Maher / 0 Comments

In 2016, the preservation community has been looking back over the past 50 years to reflect upon the legacy of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The legislation laid the groundwork for the tools and strategies of preservation. For Pennsylvania, 2016 also marks the beginning of a multi-year planning process to look forward over the next five years (and beyond) through the development of a new Statewide Historic Preservation Plan. I had the chance to look around at the recent American Planning Association – Pennsylvania Chapter (APA-PA for short) conference and it got me thinking about how preservation is connecting to the bigger planning world.

F. Otto Haas award, created by Moravian Tile Works in Doylestown, Bucks County.

Positive Preservation @ PA’s Historic Preservation Awards

November 2, 2016 / Andrea L. MacDonald / 0 Comments

The 2016 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards offered me the opportunity to get a break from Harrisburg, away from everyday work, and to see the bigger picture. While traveling south to York for the ceremony blue skies and sunshine beamed through my car windows. It was a remarkably beautiful fall day. Continue reading