Download or read book Preservation Briefs 46 the Preservation and Reuse of Historic Gas Stations written by Chad Randl and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2007 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Preservation and Reuse of Historic Gas Stations written by Chad Randl and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preservation Probabilities a Quantitative Analysis of Austin s Historic Gas Station Stock written by Jamie Marie DeAngelo and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though former gas stations are often environmentally challenged, they are frequently reused by small and local businesses because they are common and inexpensive. For this reason, many structures continue being maintained past their expected expiration date. This type of small scale, do-it-yourself preservation of former gas stations (despite strong incentives for their demolition) occurs regularly, and is important to document for several reasons. The first is that this particular type of building is rapidly disappearing from the American landscape; the second is that it occurs without any explicit preservation incentives for gas stations at the city level, which cannot be said of many other types of historic preservation; the third is that there are simply not enough studies on the successful adaptive reuse and continued maintenance of existing buildings, let alone categories of mass-produced buildings, through time. To avoid contributing to an endless cycle of construction waste, it is important to spend time thinking about how we can reuse aspects of our urban environment that are already in place, particularly common and low road buildings such as gas stations. This text uses underground storage tank data to identify and categorize existing historic gas stations (1910-1965). It analyzes survival and reuse rates of this building type, and identifies connections between locational and site variables and four categories of use: continued existence as a gas station, vacancy or abandonment, auto-related adaptive reuse, and other types of adaptive reuse. These relationships are explored through statistical testing. The overall goal of the paper is to provide data that can aid in policy formation and programmatic planning for these sites. There are three key findings in this paper: 1. There are indeed statistically significant relationships between a building’s reuse type and its location and site properties 2. Age is a strong predictor of both building existence and reuse type 3. As in other US cities, gas stations are heavily reused by local businesses.
Download or read book The Gas Station in America written by John A. Jakle and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first architect-designed gas station - a Pittsburgh Gulf station in 1913 - was also the first to offer free road maps; the familiar Shell name and logo date from 1907, when a British mother-of-pearl importer expanded its line to include the newly discovered oil of the Dutch East Indies; the first enclosed gas stations were built only after the first enclosed cars made motoring a year-round activity - and operating a service station was no longer a "seasonal" job; the system of "octane" rating was introduced by Sun Oil as a marketing gimmick (74 for premium in 1931)." "As the number of "true" gas stations continues its steady decline - from 239,000 in 1969 to fewer than 100,000 today - the words and images of this book bear witness to an economic and cultural phenomenon that was perhaps more uniquely American than any other of this century."--Jacket.
Download or read book More Than Just a Pair of Red Pumps written by Kevin Thomas Puleo and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technical Preservation Services Publications and Online Materials written by United States. National Park Service. Technical Preservation Services Division and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Preservation Technology written by Robert A. Young and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-03-21 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to historic preservation goes well beyond the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and shows how wood, stone, masonry, and metal were used in the past and how adaptive re-use can be employed to bring modern amenities to historic structures. The book covers all aspects of the exterior and interior building fabric, including windows, roofing, doors, porches, and electrical and mechanical systems for both residential and small-scale commercial buildings. Richly illustrated with photographs showing typical elements of historic buildings, decay mechanisms, and remediation techniques, the book also contains a variety of useful case studies and features a companion Website that offers dozens of additional images and resources.
Download or read book Fill er Up written by Daniel I. Vieyra and published by Macmillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1979 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic photo-essay on America's car-oriented culture traces the development of the gas station from the horse-drawn tank to today's streamlined stations
Download or read book Fill er Up written by Jim Draeger and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step back to the day when a visit to the gas station meant service with a smile, a wash of the windshield, and the cheerful question, "Fill 'er up?" Since their unremarkable beginnings as cheap shacks and curbside pumps at the dawn of the automobile age, gas stations have taken many forms and worn many guises: castles, cottages and teepees, Art Deco and Streamline Moderne, clad with wood, stucco, or gleaming porcelain in seemingly infinite variety. The companion volume to the Wisconsin Public Television documentary of the same name, Fill 'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations visits 60 Wisconsin gas stations that are still standing today and chronicles the history of these humble yet ubiquitous buildings. The book tells the larger story of the gas station's place in automobile culture and its evolution in tandem with American history, as well as the stories of the individuals influenced by the gas stations in their lives. Fill 'er Up provides a glimpse into the glory days of gas stations, when full service and free oil changes were the rule and the local station was a gathering place for neighbors. More importantly, Fill 'er Up links the past and the present, showing why gas stations should be preserved and envisioning what place these historic structures can have in the 21st century and beyond.
Download or read book Preserving Historic Architecture written by U.S. Department of the Interior and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior, knows preservation. In its hundred-year existence, the service has dealt with just about every problem an old structure can have. Whether it is removing graffiti in Manhattan or rebuilding a barn in Oregon, the National Park Service knows what to do. Here are the official U.S. guidelines, a lively and instructive collection of tried and tested knowledge and reliable techniques, written by the top experts in the field. Over forty fully illustrated chapters addressing topics such as: — cleaning and waterproof coating of historic masonry — roofing for historic buildings — the preservation of historic glazed architectural terra-cotta — exterior paint problems on historic woodwork — the preservation of historic barns — heating, ventilating, and cooling historic buildings — historic signs — applied decoration for historic interiors — using substitute materials on historic building exteriors — understanding old buildings — understanding architectural cast iron Every chapter is written with the utmost detail and clarity so that any reader can perform the safest and most historically accurate repairs. The book also offers invaluable advice on what not to do that can save a homeowner thousands of dollars, hours, and perhaps a priceless piece of architecture. For the hobbyist or the professional restorer, The Preservation of Historic Architecture is the definitive government text on restoring, repairing, and preserving old buildings.
Download or read book Reuse of Historically and Architecturally Significant Railroad Stations for Transportation and Other Community Needs written by Margo B. Webber and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gas Stations an Illustrated History Hb written by VANHAUTE and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Take a trip down memory lane with gas stations worldwide - A collection of unique, very often never before published, historical images from public and corporate archives around the world - Includes photographic material from all continents - Gives an accurate and nuanced insight into the historical context of the gas station phenomenon 'The gas station's attractive visual qualities, multiplied by its omnipresence in the roadside landscape of the mid-20th century have made it - certainly in America - a true cultural icon.'- Thomas Vanhaute This book takes the reader on a photographic journey through time, telling the story of the roadside beacons of the automobile age: the gas stations. Starting from the very early years of motoring at the dawn of the 20th century, when cars would fill up at a primitive manual gas pump, to the iconic and sometimes bizarre structures of the heyday of the gas station concept in the 1930s through the 1950s. A concluding section looks at the afterlife of the disused gas station and investigates its adaptive reuse and position as built heritage within the historic urban landscape. Carefully selected and unique historical photographs from archives across the world give insight into the architectural and spatial elements of gasoline distribution, but equally looks into the social aspect of the gas station, as a roadside oasis where people of all walks of life would meet, during a brief stop-over.
Download or read book The American Gas Station written by Michael Karl Witzel and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Gas Station is a nostalgic history of the service station and the American car culture it helped create. An exceptional chronicle of the birth of roadside architecture, the development of gasoline pumps, corporate trademarks, and gas station memorabilia.
Download or read book Pump and Circumstance written by John Margolies and published by Bulfinch Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents historic and architecturally significant gas stations and discusses their history, architecture, trademarks, services, opening ceremonies, and advertising slogans
Download or read book Reuse of Abandoned Gas Station Sites written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-page information sheet briefly describes EPA's efforts to put to productive use the thousands of polluted, abandoned gas stations and other petroleum-contaminated sites that blight America's landscape.
Download or read book Remnants written by Judy Kirk and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic record of old gas stations in Kansas.
Download or read book Baby Boomer Reflections written by Fred Arnow and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many books examine the effect that adult baby boomers have had on the country, politics, and society, few have dealt with the formative years of this influential generation-until now. Inspired by the recollections and nostalgic conversations from his fiftieth high school reunion, "typical" baby boomer Fred Arnow sets out to describe the events and environment in which he grew up. The result is a sometimes serious, often humorous examination of the world that shaped a generation. Focusing his remembrances around the graduating class of 1964, Arnow summons up powerful memories of growing up in the 1950s and coming of age in the 1960s, comparing them with the often turbulent world boomers occupy today. Baby Boomer Reflections is more than nostalgia. Arnow has created a storehouse of powerful memories boomers can share with their children and grandchildren, offering a chance to pass on the wisdom of a lifetime-a chance he wishes someone had offered him when he was a brash young man on the cusp of adulthood. Relive the events-good and bad-that made the boomers who they are. This is their story, set down on paper so that it will never be forgotten.
