http://www.youngpreservationists.org Give life to history. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:36:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So you think you can preserve? YPA's Preserve Pittsburgh Summit and Preservation Awards Reception will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at the Frick Fine Arts Building in Oakland, on the University of Pittsburgh Campus. The event is FREE to students, and students get credit for attending! Ticket ... http://www.youngpreservationists.org/preserve-pittsburgh-summit-set-for-april-10-2010 [caption id="attachment_345" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Paramount Pictures Film Exchange, 1727 Boulevard of the Allies"][/caption] On Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl signed the final legislation designating the Paramount Pictures Film Exchange to be a City of Pittsburgh Historic Landmark. Council had voted, 8-1, to designate the Film Exchange on Jan. ... http://www.youngpreservationists.org/ypa-nominates-uptown-building-to-be-historic-landmark YPA is awarding $500 to the best student-produced videos on historic preservation. Called the Preservation Video Contest, it is being sponsored by First Commonwealth Bank. The winners will be presented award checks and have their videos screened at YPA's Preservation Awards Reception on Saturday, April 10, 2010, from 4:30 ... http://www.youngpreservationists.org/preservation-video-contest-to-award-500 YPA has created a new blog called Give Life to History! It can be accessed at http://youngpreservationistsassociation.blogspot.com/ We will keep it updated with fresh content every few days. Take a look. Post a comment. Send the link to a friend. http://www.youngpreservationists.org/ypa-creates-new-blog After nearly three years of work, YPA is pleased to present the first-ever tourguide of African American historic sites in the southwestern Pennsylvania region. Called "Discover the Legacy: The African American Experience in Southwestern Pennsylvania," and developed in collaboration with VisitPittsburgh and other partners, the website features more than 100 ... http://www.youngpreservationists.org/discover-pittsburghs-african-american-history-on-a-new-website Thanks to support from the Fine Foundation and Carnegie Mellon University, YPA CEO Dan Holland participated in a two-day training program, May 21 & 22, 2009, to learn how to use the GigaPan robotic camera.   The GigaPan camera creates very high-resolution panoramas by stitching together hundreds of individual photos. ... http://www.youngpreservationists.org/ypa-participates-in-gigapan YPA's Wheeling Through History Bike Tour:  South Side Edition, held on May 19, was a smashing success.   A group of 15 cyclists joined  Geof Comings from the South Side Local Development Company on a ride through history along the South Side Trail and Eliza Furnace Trail.   Short narratives were provided ... http://www.youngpreservationists.org/wheeling-through-history-success  More than 160 people attended YPA's Preserve Pittsburgh Summit on Saturday, March 28, 2009.  The free event included lunch, a bus tour of four historic sites, and a keynote address by Michael Tomlan, Director of Cornell University's Historic Preservation Program. Facilitators guided discussion groups and on-site tours to develop recommendations for ... http://www.youngpreservationists.org/preserve-pittsburgh-summit-march-28 The Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh has selected Dawn R. Webb Turner to be the 2009 Promise Award winner. The Promise Award was presented at YPA’s Preservation Awards Reception, March 28, 2009, at the Carnegie Museum of Art. YPA’s Promise Award, started in 2005, will go to one person, organization or place ... http://www.youngpreservationists.org/homewood-grade-school-teacher-selected-for-promise-award On Saturday, March 28, the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh awarded $500 to four student-produced videos about saving historic sites in southwestern Pennsylvania. The winning videos were selected among entries for YPA's Preservation Video Contest, begun in December 2008. Each of the four videos was produced by young people under ... http://www.youngpreservationists.org/preservation-video-awards-announced