{"product_id":"preserving-the-vanishing-city-historic-preservation-amid-urban-decline-in-cleveland-ohio-paperback","title":"Preserving the Vanishing City: Historic Preservation Amid Urban Decline in Cleveland, Ohio - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephanie Ryberg-Webster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreserving the Vanishing City\u003c\/i\u003e considers the unique challenges, conditions, and opportunities facing Cleveland's historic preservation community during the 1970s and 1980s. While pro-preservationists argued for the economic and revitalization benefits stemming from saving and repurposing older buildings, population loss and economic contraction prompted decades of deterioration, underinvestment, vacancy, and abandonment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stephanie Ryberg-Webster uncovers the motivations, strategies, and constraints driving Cleveland's historic preservation sector, led by the public-sector Cleveland Landmarks Commission, nonprofit Cleveland Restoration Society, and a cadre of advocates. She sheds light on the ways in which preservationists confronted severe, escalating, and sustained urban decline, which plagued Cleveland, a prototypical rust-belt industrial city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreserving the Vanishing City\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the rise of the historic preservation profession in Cleveland and provides six case studies about targeted projects and neighborhood efforts, including industrial heritage, housing preservation and restoration, commercial district revitalization, securing local historic district designations, as well as grassroots organizing, coalition building, and partnerships. Ryberg-Webster also addresses the complexities of historic preservation within the context of rapid racial change in Cleveland's neighborhoods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A comprehensive history of preservation within the context of one city's urban decline, \u003ci\u003ePreserving the Vanishing City\u003c\/i\u003erecounts the successes, failures, and creative strategies employed to save Cleveland's built environment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie Ryberg-Webster\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor in the Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs in the Levin College of Public Affairs and Education at Cleveland State University, and is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eLegacy Cities: Continuity and Change amid Decline and Revival\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457111867645,"sku":"9781439923863","price":57.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/VVJ5aEZyZFZNaTZtRmVMdUZXL2lVdz09.webp?v=1777234280","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/preserving-the-vanishing-city-historic-preservation-amid-urban-decline-in-cleveland-ohio-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}