Presentations

The Historic Tax Credit Program: Using the Historic Tax Credit for Commercial Rehabilitation Projects

The Historic Saratoga Race Course

A Collaborative Cultural Resource Study, presented by Kimberly Konrad Alvarez, Landmark Consulting, in partnership with Martha H. Lyon, ASLA, Martha Lyon Landscape Architecture, LLC. Association for Preservation Technology Conference, Charleston, S.C., October 2012.

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Do's & Don'ts in Historic Preservation: Examples of Best Practices

Presented by Kimberly Konrad Alvarez to the members of Historic Albany Foundation for their Fall 2012 Preservation Pub Talk Series.

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Save Fenway Park: Fenway at 100 Years

Presented by Kimberly Konrad Alvarez as part of a panel with Tim Wiles, former Director of Research at the Baseball Hall of Fame, at the Clifton Park Public Library, April 2012.

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Saving Historic Windows with Energy Efficiency

Presented by Jack Alvarez for a series of NYSERDA Energy Code Training Seminar throughout 2011. Seminars were co-sponsored by NYSERDA and the Preservation League of New York State.

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Beyond the Grandstand: Historic Architecture and Landscape of the Saratoga Race Course Backstretch

Sponsored by Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation and presented along with Martha Lyon Landscape Architecture to members of the Saratoga Springs community at the Public Library in the summer of 2010.

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Restoring our Appreciation of Historic Wood Windows

This topic has been presented in a variety of formats to the Historic Albany Foundation for their Spring 2007 Preservation Workshop Series; to the City of Albany Historic Resources Commission (Nov. 2007); to the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation at their 2006 Annual Conference, Preservation 360º; and as a full day workshop for Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) presented at Camp Sagamore, Oct. 2007. Annual workshops have been conducted for Historic Albany Foundations from 2007 to present.

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The Lustron House: Searching the State for Modern Metal Marvel of the Post-War Era

Several presentations made including the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation at their 2005 Annual Conference, Preservation 360º, the Albany Institute of History & Art as part of their “First Friday’s Event”, May 2007, and to the Turpin Bannister Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians in Dec. 2005. Additionally, Kim Alvarez has led several history walking tours of Albany’s Jermain Street Lustrons Historic District for Historic Albany Foundation since 2014.

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After the Final Whistle: Reuse Alternatives for Abandoned Stadiums

Presented at the National Park Service “Preserve & Play” conference in May 2005 in Chicago, IL.

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History and Development of Albany’s Helderberg Neighborhood

Presented to the Albany County Historical Association at the Ten Broeck Mansion, April 2005.

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Period Paint Schemes & Color Selection

Presented to the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation at their 2005 Annual Conference, Preservation 360º, as well as part of their 2010 Fall Lecture Series.

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Wood Window Repair Workshops

Presented as a “hands-on driveway workshop” to Albany homeowners, summers of 2004 & 2005. Workshops co-sponsored by Historic Albany Foundation and Albany Neighborhood Associations.

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