Techniques for Controlling the Surroundings of Historic Sites控制历史景点周边的技巧.pdfVIP

TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING THE SURROUNDINGS OF HISTORIC SITES RUSSELL L. BEENNEMAN* It is not enough merely to preserve historic buildings. To secure the entire value of such an effort, the surroundings of the building must be controlled. Were fac- tories or modern business facades allowed to locate immediately adjacent to a historic structure, the resulting density, noise, or debris might totally destroy the character which made the building worth preserving. The purpose of this article is to present a brief outline of techniques which might be employed to achieve the necessary control of the environment in which the historic building continues to function. The treatment of these techniques is intentionally not exhaustive, and the intricacies of property law doctrine are not detailed. The emphasis, rather, is on listing tradi- tional control devices and stating their adaptability to contemporary preservation efforts. More detailed discussions are available elsewhere. The dwindling of the rural landscape in the United States which became par- ticularly obvious during the decades of the fifties and sixties prompted concern about 2 preservation of the amenities of open space, particularly in and near large cities. While the spokesmen for this concern had previously come from a limited group of planners and conservationists, in the last decades a much broader segment of the public added its support to efforts to preserve this resource. This support was trans- lated into