Tangible Remnants

This episode is a condensed version of the Race and Preservation conversation I had with Brent Leggs from the National Trust for Historic Preservation on the Quinn Evans Queries & Theories webcast.

Links:

• UVA Memorial to Enslaved Workers
• National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Culture Heritage Action Fund
• Rosenwald Schools
• Madame C.J. Walker's Villa Lewaro
• 'Other People's Secrets' album by Sarah Gilberg

Quote of the week: "History is no longer a spotlight. We are turning up the stage lights to show the entire cast." - David McCullough, Historian

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This episode explores how the Color of Law expanded my knowledge of Levittown and things we didn't learn in architecture school, FHA discrimination and family connections.  

Links to a few resources mentioned in the show:

• Color of Law book
• Color of Compromise book
• Designing the We
• Prologue DC
• Other People's Secrets album by Sarah Gilberg

Quote of the week: 
"If you're going to clean the house, you have to see the dirt" - Louise Hay

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This episode explores the intentionality of design decisions.  From selecting the color of flesh-colored bandaides, to designing colored bathrooms or locating confederate statues, design is not neutral. 

Links:

• Actual flesh-colored bandaids: https://trucolourbandages.com/
• Timeline of White Supremacy: https://medium.com/the-new-standard/black-history-a-history-of-permanent-white-oppression-from-1619-to-2016-8bcfa38dfce
• Other People's Secrets album by Sarah Gilberg

Quote of the week:
“Preservation makes the gap between space and time disappear unlike any other form of history.  There is power in preservation”. - Brent Leggs, Nat’l Trust for Historic Preservation

This episode is sponsored by www.Smartsheet4architects.com, a better way to manage architecture projects.

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The introductory episode that explores the interconnectedness of architecture, preservation, sustainability, race, and gender.