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2024 Symposium: Open Spaces: Innovative Approaches for Preserving the Objects in and Design of Parks, Cemeteries, Plazas, and Byways

  • Friday, April 05, 2024
  • 8:15 AM - 3:30 PM
  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Registration

  • This registration type is only for APT WGLC Board Members
  • Regular registration for APT WGLC Members
  • General registration for attendees that are not APT WGLC members
  • For primary presentation speaker and any secondary speakers who are also APT WGLC members
  • Speaker that is not an APT WGLC member and is the second or third team member speaking
  • For student attendees - Student ID will be required at check-in
  • For UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning Students and Staff

Registration is closed

The Association of Preservation Technology, Western Great Lakes Chapter in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning invite you to join us for our 2024 Symposium - Open Spaces: Innovative Approaches for Preserving the Objects in and Design of Parks, Cemeteries, Plazas, and Byways

The event will be held at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee on April 5, 2024. 

Registration begins at 8:15 am, opening remarks begin at 8:45 am. The program will conclude with a presentation and walking tour in nearby Lake Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, courtesy of Friends of Lake Park.

This program will provide 6 CEUs HSW; Lunch and light breakfast will be provided during the program. Parking is available close to each site.

Presentations will include:

  • Anita Simon and Jean Jang, Preservation and Maintenance Challenges at Historic Burial Grounds
  • Julia Bachrach, Jack Spicer, and Debra Hammond, Saving the Point: An Important Collaboration between Professional Preservation Practices and Community Activism
  • Aaron Zeleske, Milwaukee Harbor District Public Space Initiatives
  • Carolyn Esswein and Justin Hegarty, Transforming Asphalt to Green and Healthy Schoolyards – Creating Community and Learning Spaces while Collecting Stormwater
  • Katherine Frey, Urban Oasis: The Rehabilitation of Meridian Hill Park
  • John Slack and Lauren Anderson, The Crystal Court: Creating New Connections and Opportunities in the Iconic Epicenter of Downtown Minneapolis
  • Nathan Hilmer, Ashland Oredock: Redeveloping an Icon

See the full schedule here.

Registration will be open until Thursday, April 4.

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