About Recent Past Preservation Network
The Recent Past Preservation Network is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting preservation education and advocacy to encourage a contextual understanding of our modern built environment.
Our mission is to promote the preservation of buildings from the recent past and help others who are trying to do the same. Too often we lose important buildings that are less than fifty-years old, buildings that are considered "out of style," or buildings that are declared "non-contributing" to history at the civic, state, or national level. It is our goal to educate and inform the public and politicians about the value of structures from the midcentury and beyond.
If any of you have been involved in preservation efforts for modern buildings, you know what we are up against. There is hope! Every day I speak to someone who has changed their mind about a building from the recent past, whether it be the blue-paneled office building on the corner, the space-age drive-in theater, the concrete and glass church downtown, or the funky roadside restaurant.
The variety of styles, forms, materials, and philosophies of architecture from the recent past is astounding. We want to help you save a part of that history for the future. With these goals in mind, Richard Longstreth, (Professor of American Civilization and Director, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, George Washington University, and former president of the Society of Architectural Historians), Michael A. Tomlan (Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation Planning, Cornell University, and Project Director, National Council for Preservation Education), and the Officers inaugurated RPPN in October 2000.
Do you have a favorite building from the modern era or recent past or do you want to raise awareness of an endangered resource in your area? We welcome your contributions to the pool as a means to encouraging the appreciation and preservation of these resources. In addition to resources in our Flickr pool, we also maintain a National Windshield Survey of resources on our website. Please also feel free to add your resource to this survey.
Rules of The Recent Past Preservation Network Flickr! group
1- Please post only those resources that were constructed during the Modern era or recent past (generally defined as a moving timescale going fifty years back from the present). For information about identifying resources from the recent past, please visit our Research & Resources section.
2- Please tag your photos with "RPPN" and "Recent Past Preservation Network." Include as many other details as you can. Descriptions are always appreciated.
3- Multiple postings of the same site, closeup, and detail shots are encourage, particularly for endangered resources.
4- Comments are encouraged. It makes the group more fun and builds awareness for these resources. Please tag any comments with
Recent Past Preservation Network to help promote the group.
http://www.recentpast.org
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Additional Information
 This is a public group.
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Members can post 20 things to the pool each day.
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