PROJECTS
Recent projects in which Preservation Piedmont has taken an active role
include (click link for a description of the project):
Ridge Street Oral History Project
Historic Jefferson School Recognitions
Jefferson School Oral History Project
Document Before Demolish Program
Recent Past Survey Grant Proposal
Preservation
Piedmont Community Preservation Grants Program
Document Before Demolish
Program (initiated 2004)
Alarmed at the rapidly increasing loss of Charlottesville's architectural fabric,
Preservation Piedmont initiated a City-wide program called 'Document Before
Demolish'. The program aims to record jeopardized historic structures
through photography, field notes, and, under special circumstances,
measured drawings.
In March of 2004, Preservation Piedmont submitted a request that the
City of Charlottesville
adopt the Document Before Demolish program as a requirement of the
demolition application process. In support of this request, Preservation
Piedmont designed a simple, two-page documentation form
(PDF) to be submitted with accompanying site sketch plan and photographs
that could be completed within a short period of time. The program is
currently under review with the City of Charlottesville
and has the support of the Neighborhood
Development Services Department.
In the interim, Preservation Piedmont has arranged to receive
notifications of demolition applications from the City. Once notification
is received, members of Preservation Piedmont go out with camera and
documentation forms in hand to record each property slated for demolition.
All field records and data generated by the program are temporarily stored
in Preservation Piedmont archives and are available upon request.
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