| Budget Amount *help |
¥7,020,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,620,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
It is about the preservation of “the Old Post Office” (OPO) in St. Louis. The OPO and its neighbor “the Century Building” have been a battleground of historic preservation twice.
The first battle was about the OPO in the 1960s-70s. A preservation movement reversed the federal government’s decision to demolish the OPO. It was a major triumph in the history of American historic preservation movements. The second battle, however, was an entirely different story. Developers claimed in the 2000s that, the Century Building should be demolished. The locals stood up just as in the first battle, but this time only to find the National Trust for Historic Preservation was supporting the developers. The Century was demolished in 2004. It was a major defeat for the preservation community in the U.S.
Why did the Trust agree to the demolition of part of the historic fabric? The author chronicles the two battles, and also compares them with a Japanese preservation case in Otaru, Hokkaido.
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