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ACHS to Host Book Signing and Reception with Daniel Bluestone


Location: Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, McIntire Building

Date: Friday, December 3, 5:30 - 7:30pm

A reception and book signing for UVA School of Architecture Professor Daniel Bluestone's new book, Buildings, Landscapes, and Memory, will be held at the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society on Friday, December 3 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

Exploring ten extraordinary places, this provocative analysis of historic preservation's past and future will transform contemporary understanding of the movement. This book examines assumptions about why history, heritage, and place should matter. It ranges from a discussion of the commemoration of place in the Marquis de Lafayette's triumphal tour of the United States in 1824-25 to speculation about the cultural and political import of interpreting history on superfund toxic waste sites.