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Leading Edge Historic Preservation Network


Whether you are thinking about changing careers or simply want to become a more informed preservation advocate, the Leading-Edge Historic Preservation Network will give you the opportunity to explore this dynamic field and help prepare you and your colleagues for success through certificate programs, courses, and workshops in a variety of delivery formats including:

· On-site courses
· Self-paced online courses
· A hybrid of both on-site and online instruction
· Stand-alone webinars.

Programs will be structured to accommodate the educational needs of architects, engineers, historians, skilled tradespeople and others interested in exploring issues in historic preservation from a professional perspective.

Current offerings include:

Preservation for Design Professionals and Owners
Presenter: David Cornelius
This course is intended as an introduction to the fundamentals of historic preservation, and to the roles of owners and design professionals in the assessment, stabilization, adaptive reuse, and restoration of historic properties.

There will be 10 weekly sessions during Winter Quarter (which runs between January 21 and March 25, 2010). The class will typically meet on Thursday evenings between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. However, during either two or three weeks (the number to be confirmed before the end of registration), the class will instead meet outside of the lecture context on a Friday between 2 and 5 p.m. The purpose of the afternoon sessions is to permit exposure to historic conditions and treatments, and introduction to practitioners in the field. We intend to offer the course for AIA Health Safety and Welfare (HSW) and Sustainability CES units. To confirm acquisition of the course material, a take-home quiz will be provided.

Schedule: Thursdays, January 21-March 25, 2010; 6:30-8:30p.m.
Cost: $500

Carpenters' Hall — Preserving the Building of History 

Location: Carpenters’ Hall, 320 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
 Date/Time: October 29, 2009, 6-8:30 p.m.
Presenters: Charles Cook, Roger Moss, John Milner,  Nick Gianopolus
 Cost:   $50

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This workshop, geared toward architects, structural engineers, building and construction professionals, and others with an interest in historic preservation projects, explores the issues raised in restoration of Carpenters’ Hall. Presentations will focus on an overview of the history of Carpenters’ Hall and its role as the chief artifact of the Carpenters’ Company, the defining characteristics of the Hall as they relate to the process of restoration, research and analysis of what guides restoration, and the structural rationale used in the restoration/preservation process. CES Logo

This Lecture and Tour is worth 2.5 AIA/CES Learning Units.


Eastern State Penitentiary — An Introduction to Preservation for Working Professionals 
 Location: Eastern State Penitentiary, 22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
 Date/Time: November 12, 2009, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Presenters: David Cornelius, Sam Harris,  Sally Elk
 Cost: $50

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This workshop is a unique opportunity to introduce participants to the fundamental categories of and approaches to preservation in America.  Eastern State Penitentiary serves as a living case study.  A brief introduction to the history of the working penitentiary will be followed by discussions of: 

· The issues from 1971-2009 covering abandonment, decay, rescue, preservation, and management approaches
· Preservation philosophy  as shown with the Main Gate structure
· Stabilization of the Center Tower
· Rehabilitation of the site offices in the Bertillion Building


Courses may be tailored to the specific needs of a corporation or professional organization through Customized Learning Solutions  .

For more information, please email  rg384@drexel.edu  .