- Master of Science in Historic Preservation
- Sectors of Specialization
- Program Requirements
- Admissions / Registration
- Resources and Opportunities
- Studio Sequence
- Previous Studios
- Progressive Housing (2008)
- Gowanus Canal (2008)
- The Proposed Pelham Parkway Historic District (2007)
- Lincoln Square: Preserving the Modern Architecture of Slum Clearance, Urban Renewal, and their Architectural Aftermath (2007)
- Penn Station Redux: Preservation of the Farley Post Office (2007)
- Corporate Responsibility and the Preservation of Post-Industrial Landscapes (2007)
- 14th Street and Union Square (2006)
- Downtown Manhattan (2005)
- Harlem River (2004)
- Midtown South (2003)
- Previous Theses
- Certificate in Conservation of Historic Buildings and Archeological Sites
News and Announcements
Dean Mark Wigley of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation is pleased to announce that effective July 1, Andrew S. Dolkart will serve as the Director of the Historic Preservation Program
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Gowanus Canal Corridor (2008)
In 2007 the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual listing of America's 11 most endangered sites identified the Brooklyn Industrial Waterfront as a disappearing historic industrial site of national importance. The Gowanus Canal Canal, located in the natural basin between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, is part of the historic Brooklyn Industrial Waterfront currently under pressure from three primary concerns.
These are:
ground and water contamination
conflicting land use needs
community desire for public recreational space.
The combination of these complex issues has put the canal corridor's historic industrial resources at risk. In 2004, the United States Army Corps of Engineers initiated an ecosystem restoration study. Complying with section 106 of the federal review process which is designed to ensure that historic properties are considered during federal project planning and execution, identified as National Register eligible a historic district comprised of the canal and several adjacent buildings as well as structures of historic and archeological significance. In light of the Department of City Planning's Proposed Rezoning Framework, this study looks at these issues in the context of the historic cultural landscape along the canal corridor. After conducting a historic structures survey beyond that of the Army Corps, and synthesizing the various issues affecting these historic resources, we can propose recommendations for appropriate future development along the canal corridor and the best means of its growth and preservation to further a public understanding of Brooklyn Industrial heritage.