Historic preservation

Historic Preservation is often seen as an elite club whose membership is bought by the cities' median income. A cycle of investment and disinvestment is what generates cities today. The lower class is constantly being displaced by economic actors to serve the middle class. Some will leave this cycle having benefitted from it, able to buy the ideal single family home. Others, the renters, will have been pushed to another soon to be or already blighted area. Progress in city growth has come to be accepted as gentrification. Concentrated “ghettos” or blighted areas were created by systematic means of segregation. Starting with deed restrictions on the individual level and restrictive covenants on the level of the community. Local governments…

Historic Preservation You can travel to many downtowns in Iowa and you will see empty decrepit old structures, once palaces of capitalism and progress now crumbling piles of masonry and timber. Your own town may have structures such as this and you may think every day you see it that it would be best if it was just torn down, that is why I am here. These buildings should not be torn down for a multitude of reasons, the loss of them is something that not only ruins the beauty of many towns but…

Within this article, economic impact has been seen as the most apparent form of impact. In Texas, historic preservation is a vital asset in the economic growth of the state. The economic development progresses the quality of life on behalf of residents in the state as well as drawing in potential tourists to visit as frequently as possible or desired. Preservation in Texas has positively maximized private and public investments in ways such as generating new employment, stipulating inexpensive…

There is great importance in the preservation of America’s history, not only to History and Social Studies educators, but for all of society. Before we go forward, let’s first define preservation. By definition, preserve means “to maintain (something) in its original or existing form.” When talking about maintaining history, many, including myself, immediately think about museums. Why? Museums are the homes to our pasts’ artifacts, momentos, writings, and more. However, one can not place all of…

Atalaya Internship at Huntington Beach State Park Throughout history, the idea of using interpretation and preservation in order to fully keep up a National Historic Landmark has always been very important. Without really putting in the work to make such landmarks presentable and runnable, visitors would not be able to entirely enjoy and learn the rich history that the historic place has to offer. During my role as an intern at Atalaya Castle, the winter home of Archer and Anna Hyatt…

Although many preservationists observed these rural communities as captivating remains of the pre-industrialized world, that reminiscence coincided with a powerful disregard for their unsophisticated methods of sustenance. Preservationists and park officials castigated against the foolishness and dissipation of rural hunting routines and became frightened that such behavior would threaten the order of law. Jacoby concludes that both sides absolutely exemplified definite, but integrative,…

What is Processed Food? When you think of processed foods most people just think chips, pop, cookies etc. but it is any food that has been modified before we consume it. From foods that are fermented, frozen, heated to dried to foods. Some examples include: • Fresh cut fruit/vegetables that have been packaged • Canned foods • Breakfast cereals, oatmeal’s, crackers • Convenience foods such as microwaveable meals/ready meals There are three main categories to be considered for processed food. …

Experiment 5 Title: Mayonnaise production Objective: To determine the type of food emulsion obtained by varying the mixture sequence Introduction: A most important field of emulsion technology is that involving food preparations. Some of the oldest emulsions known to man, for example, butter, salad dressings and so on are included in this group, while the applications of emulsion theory to the baking process and to therapeutic feeding represent modern developments. Probably the most instructive…

(Cardello, 2003). Food related technologies always can raise many controversial topic and its related risk which catches consumers ' eyes(Cardello, 2003). For instance, it is known that transgenic technologies (genetically modified organism, GMO) often generate a high perceived risk and being a highly controversial topic among the consumers. Also it is well known that the preservation technique food irradiation is considered as a safe and effective food technology by the scientific community.…

When you look at the ingredients of a food, do you see a lot of ingredients you wouldn’t expect? Do you wonder how food lasts so long? Both of these are done through food additives. They add nutrition, preserve the product, maintain consistency, and retain flavor and color. But they are also mostly artificial. Before the 1800’s, people would mostly grow and process their food by themselves. It wasn’t until after the civil war that the majority of people started working in factories and needed…