CREATIVE PARTNERING WITH LIVING CITIES

The Comparative Research Committee has partnered electronically with the Historic Charleston Foundation. This partnership allows for open dialogue and shared experiences for the edification of both parties.

Commonalities include Olmsted, both father and son worked in Charleston. The father primarily in his role as a landscape architect, and the son as a developer of the inventory system for every building in the city.

It is with this in mind that the Comparative Research Committee will work with the other NPC groups to open dialogue with architectural students in the area, crafting an inventory program to benefit the preservation heritage of Buffalo.

Marilyn Rodgers chairs the Comparative Research Committee. The goal is to communicate with successful preservation organizations and consider models throughout the United States. Research and evaluation of select and successful preservation initiatives will provide a benchmark for the future of all preservation districts throughout Buffalo.

Subjects of exploration include:
- Materials in development or recently launched that preserve the historic, as well as structural integrity of an architectural jewel for future generations;
- Funding programs from single buildings to entire neighborhoods;
- Tourism development; and
- Partnering processes with other organizations, such as the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.

Comparative Research will work closely with all other committees in both providing necessary information and creating reports from investigations of other initiatives. Dialogue already has been opened with the Historic Charleston Foundation, Landmark Society in Rochester, NY and the Chattanooga, TN Preservation League.