2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Sociological Study on Historic Preservation Movements in the U.S. and Japan: From Building Preservation to Social Preservation
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23402049
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Hosei University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 環境社会学 / 都市再開発 / 町並み保存 / 歴史的環境 / 景観 / 公共性 / 小樽 / セントルイス |
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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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| Free Research Field |
社会学
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