News
July 06, 2010
Preservation Dallas Presents Summer Sizzlers
While many groups slow down for the long, hot summer, Preservation Dallas keeps plugging along. One of the highlights of their programming season is the series of Summer Sizzlers, a variety of adult education lectures, offering insight into local preservation topics, architecture and history.
All sessions are held at the Wilson Carriage House at 2922 Swiss Avenue. Cost is $10 per session for Preservation Dallas members, $20 for non-members. Discounts are offered with purchase of multiple-session packages. Phone Preservation Dallas at (214) 821-3290, or email sroebuck@preservationdallas.org, for reservations or additional information.
Here are the programming details. We'll see you there!
THURSDAY, JULY 8
HVAC IN HISTORIC HOMES
Speaker: Travis Dodson—Senior UNICO Project Management
As you consider the restoration or remodel of your historic home, its heating and cooling mechanical system is often a critical element. With the right design and installation contractor, you will have options that compete with conventional HVAC systems on design, ducting space requirements, aesthetics, efficiency, and comfort. Partnered at a high level with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the UNICO System has many key strategic solutions to these challenges.
TUESDAY, JULY 13
Dallas' Historic Lodgings—Plaza Courts to Luxury Hotels
Speaker: Sam Childers—Historian, Writer & Museum Consultant
In Dallas’ infancy, accommodations for the traveler consisted of boarding houses or unfurnished rooms, but within 10 years of the city’s founding, Dallas could boast its first hotel. As the village evolved from town to city, its elegantly appointed hotels that rivaled those in New York or Chicago established Dallas as a modern city. With the rise of the automobile following World War II came dozens of motels and motor courts—and Dallas had established itself as a hotel town. Sam Childers has selected images from a wide variety of libraries, archives, and museum collections to illustrate the history of hotels in Dallas and the role they played in the growth and image of the city.
THURSDAY, JULY 15
Dallas Landscapes for HISTORIC Homes
Speaker: Patty Dye—PMD Landscapes
Explore landscapes that will highlight your home’s distinctive architectural style. Five of Dallas’ most popular period house styles meet with fabulous traditional and modern plant choices. Learn how to bring the most unique features of your home into focus by combining perennial and annual plantings for year–round appeal. Achieve your goal of all–season beauty with easier, “greener”, sustainable maintenance—less work, less water, and lower costs!
TUESDAY, JULY 20
Old House Appraisals—CONSIDERATIONS FOR PURCHASING AN OLDER HOME
Speaker: Ann Piper—Certified Appraiser
Ann Piper will discuss the process of comparing home values inside and outside of historic districts. You will learn why The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation matter to your home purchase and restoration. Included is invaluable information about tax incentive programs available within Dallas.
THURSDAY, JULY 22
PARKS FOR THE PEOPLE—THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS IN NORTH TEXAS
Speaker: Susan Kline—Historian
The creation of parks in North Texas provided for the preservation of green spaces and the natural environment as well as recreational opportunities in the region’s growing cities. Both Dallas and Fort Worth benefited from far–sighted city leaders who expanded their park systems in an effort to keep up with the needs of an expanding population. New Deal programs and the post–WWII boom also shaped each city’s parks. Through the use of historic images and recent photographs, Susan Kline will explore the legacy of these important but vulnerable cultural resources.
TUESDAY, JULY 27
WHITE ROCK LAKE FLOWING INTO ITS SECOND CENTURY
Speaker: Sally Rodriguez—Coordinator, Dallas Park & Recreation Department
In 1909, Dallas city leaders approved the damming of White Rock Creek to create a new water source for a growing city. Those early city leaders could hardly know that the lake they were creating 10 miles outside of Dallas a century ago would become an urban oasis enjoyed by over two million visitors a year. In 2011, White Rock Lake will celebrate its centennial. As White Rock Lake flows into its second hundred years, what can we do to preserve this urban oasis that serves all the citizens of Dallas?
THURSDAY, JULY 29
VICTORIAN SECRETS
Speakers: Daron Tapscott—Architect / Kate Singleton—Historic Preservation Consultant
Toward the end of the 19th century, tensions were developing between the traditions of the past and forward-thinking philosophies in art, design and social conventions. Learn about the lesser–known side of Dallas in the Victorian era, and how Victorian lifestyles affected Dallas’ early neighborhoods.