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A Culture of Reuse : Deconstruction & Historic Preservation Stephanie Phillips City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation

Hi, we're OHP! We’re a City department charged with safeguarding the cultural , economic , and environmental sustainability that preserves San Antonio’s unique sense of place , economic competitiveness , and authenticity .

Intersection of historic preservation & deconstruction San Antonio's policy initiative through a preservation lens

In 1963, Penn Station in New York City was demolished.

National Register of Historic Places (NPS) In 1966, the State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices National Historic (SHPOs & THPOs) Preservation Act was passed. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards

Guidance for local Grants for Historic Tax programming, Historic Design Credit Projects survey, education, Guidelines & and community Standards revitalization

What happens before a historic building comes down?

Community Public hearings Documentation advocacy

PRESERVATION LOSS

PRESERVATION LOSS RELOCATION DECONSTRUCTION & REUSE Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development: Heritage & Waste Special Issue

The Secretary of the Interior's Standards If a historic feature or material is deteriorated beyond repair or missing, it should be reconstructed or replaced in-kind.

Like an organ donor, a structure may have reached the end of its life, but its pieces could help extend the lives of dozens of other historic structures.

San Antonio's Deconstruction & Salvage Policy Initiative

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D E C O N S T R U C T I O N A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E HISTORIC & S o l i d W a s t e M a n a g e m e n t SUSTAINABILITY & CULTURAL D e p a r t m e n t ENVIRONMENT PRESERVATION O f f i c e o f S u s t a i n a b i l i t y D e v e l o p m e n t S e r v i c e s D e p a r t m e n t N e i g h b o r h o o d a n d H o u s i n g S e r v i c e s D e p a r t m e n t M e t r o H e a l t h Sa lv age & B u i l d S a n A n t o n i o G r e e n WASTE WORKFORCE & REDUCTION ECONOMY H a b i t a t f o r H u m a n i t y Dec onstru c tion A l a m o A r e a C o u n c i l o f G o v e r n m e n t s ( A A C O G ) L o c a l d e m o l i t i o n , s a l v a g e , a n d h o u s e m o v i n g c o n t r a c t o r s D e v e l o p e r s a n d r e a l e s t a t e i n d u s t r y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s PUBLIC HEALTH U T S A C o n s t r u c t i o n S c i e n c e a n d EQUITY A r c h i t e c t u r e e d u c a t o r s T h e C o n s e r v a t i o n S o c i e t y o f S a n A n t o n i o C o m m u n i t y a d v o c a t e s L o c a l a r c h i t e c t s a n d d e s i g n e r s

This initiative is not about if a building comes down, but rather how a building comes down.

Conveying to the public and elected officials that deconstruction was historically common via archival research & images

Making it local - reuse was part of our history!

A foundation for material circularity & circular economy policy

The laws of physics haven't changed. However, the quality of building materials has.

Training a workforce

Community Engagement

Innovation & tech How can the City quantifiably reduce the volume of reusable/recyclable building materials that end up in the landfill by developing a digital tool that connects sellers and Hi, Refinder team! buyers of salvaged materials?

Engaging nationally across sectors DECONSTRUCTION THINK TANK: FEBRUARY 2020 L ink to F in a l Age n da : b it.ly/ SATh ink Ta nk

Engaging internationally in the growing Climate Heritage movement CLIMATEHERITAGE.ORG

“Never demolish, never remove or replace, always add, transform, and reuse!” - Ra lly i n g c ry f rom F r e n ch a r chi t ec ts Laca ton & Va ss a l

Contact Stephanie Phillips stephanie@sapreservation.com linkedin.com/in/stephaniemariephillips @SApreservation www.SApreservation.com www.SAreuse.com - our brand new reuse website!