PARKS, PRESERVATION AND HERITAGE PLANNING
PLN432/532
Instructor: Paul M. Bray
Course Schedule
9/6 - Introduction and background to the concept of parks, preservation
and heritage planning
9/13 -History of the greenline or inhabited park and introduction to
the Adirondack Park, the oldest greenline park, and discussion of state's
interest in that park
9/20 - Analysis of the "painful process" that continues today of the
Adirondack Park being a park and discussion of the management framework
for management of public and private lands within the Park and roles of
local and state government
9/27 - City as a park; new urbanism
10/4 - Visit to Riverspark beginning at Riverspark Visitor Center on River
Street in Troy
10/11 - Introduction to the Hudson River Valley Greenway: concept, law and
program
10/18 - Introduction to the New York State Heritage Area System and
Program (Marcia Kees from the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and
Historic Preservation will be guest lecturer)
10/25 - Introduction to the history of historic preservation movement and
overview of current
historic preservation laws and programs (Robert Kuhn from the NYS Office of
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will be guest lecturer)
11/1 - The Hudson River Valley Greenway takes shape (David Sampson, former
Director of the Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council)
11/8 - International perspective on parks, protected areas and cultural
landscapes (Graduate students book project due)
11/15 - Organizing and managing a heritage area or urban cultural park:
stategies and tools
11/22 - Overview of smart growth and land use techniques related to regional
greenway and heritage planning
11/29 - Discussion of Hiss, Hough, Hayden, Lamme and other thinkers for what
they contribute to the theory and approaches for heritage planning (Semester project due)
12/6 - Critique of Albany Urban Cultural Park and Hudson River Valley Greenway
12/13 - Critique of heritage planning in New York State, the nation and the
world and discussion of what to look for next