Hello and welcome, 2014! Before Preservation in Pink dives into 2014, I’d like to take a few minutes to round-up the year’s activity. Preservation in Pink’s 2013 year was about travel, preservation imagery and discovery, helping you to find preservation in your everyday surroundings (even if it’s just a flamingo or a playground slide).
Highlights from 2013 include:
- Presenting at the Society for Industrial Archaeology about giant strides and playgrounds
- Presenting at the National Trust for Historic Preservation about social media
- Meeting fabulous preservationists in real-life (not just social media interactions) such as Julia Bache
- Introducing Preservation Nation’s historic playground series and hearing from fellow playground aficionados and scholars.
Favorite series and recurring themes continued, with a few new additions:
- Preservation Photos (continued from 2009)
- Abandoned Vermont (continued from 2011)
- Preservation Pop Quiz (continued from 2012)
- The New Discussion on Vinyl Siding: Part One, Two, Three, Four (2013)
- Flamingo-Grams (continued from 2013)
- Sunday Snapshots for Summer (2013)
- Historic Playgrounds: the Giant Stride, Craftsbury Playground, Waterville Playground
- Thoughts about Home (just beginning at the end of 2013, continuing in 2014)
Some posts studied the built environment and invited you to consider yours, tangibly and intangibly:
- Winter Entrances
- Entrance Additions
- Facade Additions
- Reversible Exterior Window Shades
- Reading Your Neighborhood
- Replacement Bridge
- Adaptive Reuse Followed by Vacancy
- Parking Garages
- Pondering My Place
- Christmas Tree Commerce Typology
Other posts discuss the economic health of communities:
Of course, PiP was on the go! Many posts were photo-centric, travel posts:
- Rhode Island (The Bells and The Breakers)
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Minneapolis, MN
- Chestnut Hill, MA
- Maine
- Upstate New York
- New York City
- Indianapolis, IN
- Rockingham Meeting House, VT
- East Barnet Inwood Station, VT
Whether you connect to Preservation in Pink and historic preservation through photographs or words, it is my hope that PiP continues to play a role in your appreciation of historic preservation. I learn from all of you, and you mean a lot to me. Readers, whether you comment or not, thank you for reading! Thank you for asking questions. 2013 brought greater interaction on social media, whether Twitter, Instragram or WordPress. Hopefully the Instagram-to-blog posts are working for you (let me know if they are not.) This year, 2014, begins without Facebook. I’m looking forward to growing the reach and variety of Preservation in Pink in 2014, with new posts, new series, new people, and new places.
Cheers!
If you’re interested, previous year end round-ups:
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