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Some Illustrative Preservation Problems and Treatments in Washington, D.C.
Some Illustrative Preservation Problems and Treatments in Washington, D.C.
Pages 31-48
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l. WALTER ROTH In conjunction with a self-guided tour of historic stone buildings and: monuments in the District of Columbia a diagrammatic map was prepared, noting not only the street locations of the subjects but also the nearest stations of the Metro subway system.
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To last forever is not an unusual objective of people, particularly in their collective or national manifestations, and that objective historically has been expressed in monuments erected to symbolize or shelter their institutions. Nations invest much of their resources in those constructions in an effort to make them permanent as well as impressive.
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He has especially sought this ideal in his special symbols, his monuments. One of the inspired concepts in the program of this Conference on the Conservation of Historic Stone Buildings and Monuments is the idea of a self-conducted walking tour of masonry buildings and monurnents in Washington, D.C.
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As a result Washington has a great diversity of stones in its buildings and monuments some resulting almost accidentally from ready availability or success in competition, others especially solicited to serve as ambassadors, as it were, of the states and foreign countries. For instance, the exterior of the Washington Monument demonstrates the former case with- a progression of cladding marbles from Maryland, Massachusetts, and Maryland again, while the interior of the monument exemplifies the latter, containing a collection of commemorative stones from all over the United States and abroad.
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Those who have the prime responsibility for planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance come under the scrutiny of the Secretary of the Interior's advisory boards, the National Capital Planning Com-mission, the National Commission of Fine Arts, the General Services Administration evaluation panels, the General Accounting Office, and the Office of Management and Budget, not to mention numerous components of the sponsoring and using federal agencies and the govemment of the District of Columbia Eventually, the ultimate critic, the clientJowner (that is to say the taxpayer) has his say and he is not at ah hesitant in voicing his opinion concerning the aesthetics and utility
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This kind of discoloration is very familiar, a result of runoff from dissimilar materials and dirt. The most casual observer cannot help but notice the green stains on the marble bases of bronze statues or on the facades of those buildings covered by copper roofs.
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Runoff from mercury-bearing gilding on this bronze statue at the northeast entrance to Arlington Memonal Bndge produces pronounced staining on the granite base. 37 designers will learn to manage problems inherent in the nature of those forms and matenals.
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Williamsburg is also a place for the interpretation of history and culture, which brings to mind a problem faced in the management of original historical or cultural properties: If deterioration, damage, or other deficiencies require the replacement of fabric, to what extent can aesthetic appearance and historical character be compromised without losing the integrity of the experience for the user? Limited wear or weathering may be acceptable, even construed as a positive contribution, but the more insidious and damaging influence of pollution wiD produce essentially negative effects in the surface appearance and, ultimately, in the structural substance.
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Preservation Problems and Treatmentsin Washington,D.C. 39 FIGURE 2 The marble statute of Benjamin Franklin by Jacques Jouvenal (1889J at 12th Street and Permsylvania Avenue, N.W., shows weathering effects, particularly on fingers of the left hand.
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. Vegetable impacts are familiar and frequent, ranging from microcosmic mosses to clinging vines to unplanned hanging gardens growing out of convenient cracks and crevices in our buildings and monuments.
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They manage to roost on the newer, more streamlined buildings almost as wed as they do on the older, more highly ornamented ones. Their ability to adopt any kind of structure as a toilet facility seems unlimited.
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42 CONSERVATION OI BIONIC STONE BUILDINCS not 5 Justice Dep=~t Bag at Pe~sylv~a awe ad log Street, N.W. Detect: Bode, Weds ad Or (193471.
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, physical Iwire mesh, spikes, slap ted boards, sticky compounds) , auditory (ultrasonic and sonic alarms, intermittent explosions!
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Intelligent and innovative management of historic buildings and monuments should provide opportunities to make decisions in this city of decision makers—this city, which itself was determined and designed by the conscious decisions of political leaders, technicinns, and public servants, many of them seekers after truth and beauty, among other things.
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Architect: Ioh Ming Pei {1979~. Irresistible tactile attraction of sharp arris results in staining, mortar loss, and deterioration of marble at corners of affected blocks.
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This is an eight block area of virtually unchanged large, latenineteenth-cen~y Victorian and Richardsoninn houses focusing on the Circle itself. Nearly all were constructed during the twenty-fiveyear period between 1875 and 1900 as the homes of the prominent and wealthy.
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