Globe Trotting Building Hugger

Robert E Lee monument, annotated with graffiti and projections of George Floyd's face

Racist monuments DEFINITELY need to come down. And they DEFINITELY don’t belong in museums.

By: Kate Doak-Keszler June 26, 2020June 30, 2020

Heritage, Museums, Preservation Theory, UncategorizedConfederate Monuments, Monuments, MuseumsLeave a Comment

We need to reallocate our resources to the history which these monuments have attempted to silence.

Please be patient with our progress

By: Kate Doak-Keszler October 3, 2019January 12, 2020

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We are working on updating the Globe Trotting Building Hugger site! I know, patience isn’t one of our virtues either, but practice makes perfect. Or at least passable.

Project Old is Gold: Family Heirlooms and Traditions

By: Kate Doak-Keszler May 31, 2019May 31, 2019

Heritage, Preservation Theory, Uncategorizedfamily heirloom, family tradition, holiday tree, Project Old is GoldLeave a Comment

I married into a house with a white Christmas tree. I thought it was kind of… ugly. When I made fun of it, my spouse jokingly told me that he bought it because you could decorate it for every holiday. #ChallengeAccepted Little did he know this was to become a defining family tradition. Our “holiday…

Picture shows section view of adobe wall, with stone foundation, mud brick wall, mud plaster cover and roof of wood beams, branches and reed mats.

Project Old Is Gold: Parts of a Historic Building & a Scavenger Hunt

By: Kate Doak-Keszler May 26, 2019January 12, 2020

Architecture, Southern United States, Uncategorizedadobe, Building Scavenger Hunt, Historic Preservation, Sonoran row house, TucsonLeave a Comment

I live in the southwest, and my favorite building type here is ADOBE. Adobe, Spanish for mudbrick. Adobe bricks are easy to make, and easy to construct with. They are durable, yet biodegradable. As a structure, they are largely fireproof and water resistant, offer excellent thermal efficiency and low sound transmission levels. There are so…

Project Old is Gold: My Family Tree

By: Kate Doak-Keszler May 25, 2019January 12, 2020

Heritage, Uncategorizedfamily, Heritage, Historic Preservation, Project Old is GoldLeave a Comment

My family tree is ever evolving because there are many roots but also the trees around us which become so entwined with ours that these strangers by birth become family by choice. Our children have collected aunties and uncles and cousins from our travels around the world, and we are grateful for this extended family.…

Image displays a Japanese memorial to children, a downtown city street, a Greek temple ruin and a luminaria display.

Project Old is Gold: What Historic Preservation Means to Me

By: Kate Doak-Keszler May 8, 2019January 12, 2020

Preservation Theory, Uncategorizeddefining preservation, Historic Preservation, Project Old is GoldLeave a Comment

What is historic preservation? Is it remembering our ancestors? Revitalizing a downtown? Preserving a ruin? Practicing a tradition? In the United States, “historic preservation” has often been equated with architectural history. Specifically, preserving buildings designed by and for WWM (wealthy white men). But over the last few decades, many in our field have worked not…

Project Old is Gold: Mission Briefing

By: Kate Doak-Keszler May 7, 2019January 12, 2020

Preservation Theory, UncategorizedDiscover Connect Take Action, Girl Scouts, Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, Historic Preservation, Project Old is GoldLeave a Comment

The National Trust for Historic Preservation started celebrating Preservation Month in 1973. There are likely events going on in your community. The National Trust has a really cool list of 31 ways to celebrate… would make a good monthly challenge! But this Building Hugger will be completing her Girl Scout Historic Preservation Badge. You can…

Project Old is Gold: Earning Our Preservation Patch

By: Kate Doak-Keszler March 13, 2019

Preservation Theory, UncategorizedGirl Scouts, Historic Preservation, National Trust for Historic PreservationLeave a Comment

“Make new friends, but keep the old. One is Silver, and the other Gold.” Girl Scouts have been singing “Make New Friends” since at least 1927 when it appeared in the Girl Scout Pocket Songbook. (I know because I am a Girl Scout AND history geek and I own one.) So when SCAD and Girl…

Tucson Museum of Art’s Historic Block, a tour!

By: Kate Doak-Keszler September 14, 2018January 12, 2020

Architecture, Museums, Southern United States, Uncategorizedadobe, Sonoran row house, Tucson, Tucson Museum of ArtLeave a Comment

Hello from sunny Tucson! Our family has officially been Tucsonians for two years, and what a busy busy two years it has been. I have been working part time as an architectural historian, and spend a good deal of time exploring the city with my sassy silly twins. After almost two and a half years,…