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Experts discuss ways to help preserve American's ethnic landscapes with regard to historic preservation.
Historic preservation of ethnic communities raises complex cultural, political and economic questions:
- How is ethnicity preserved in community preservation strategies, and how do we understand the relationship between ethnicity and architecture?
- What pressures threaten these communities and their histories?
- What can we do to save them?
This conference hopes to draw upon expert opinions and observations to help answer these vital questions.
Included in the panel are:
Ken Breisch, University of Southern California
Chris Wilson, University of New Mexico
Reginald Chapple, Dunbar Economic Development Corporation
James Rojas, Latino Urban Forum
Robert Chattel, Architect
Ken Bernstein, Los Angeles Conservancy
Bill Watanabe, Executive Director, Little Tokyo Service Center CDC
Dell Upton, University of Virginia
Eugenia Woo, Department of Neighborhoods, City of Seattle
Gail Dubrow, University of Washington
Ron Fong, Little Tokyo Service Center CDC
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