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Heritage Areas of New York State

A lecture by Paul M. Bray

Heritage areas are urban and regional settings where natural, cultural, historic, and scenic resources form a cohesive and distinctive landscape. These new members of the park family reflect patterns of human activity within particular geographies. Most national, state, and local parks, such as New York City's Central Park, are public estates owned and managed by government. Often they were conceived as restorative natural spaces. In contrast, heritage areas are whole settings and landscapes, managed through government-private sector partnerships to achieve some or all of four intersecting goals: preservation, education, recreation, and sustainable development. In this lecture, the organizer of New York State's first heritage area in 1976 (now named Riverspark, and devoted to the origins of America's Industrial Revolution) discusses the origins of the heritage area concept, placing it in the context of parks development, historic preservation movements, and the expanding environmental awareness of the 1970s. He also explores the shortfalls of the movement in relation to its original vision 30 years ago, as well as its successes.

This lecture is available from March 1, 2007 to July 1, 2011

Can be tailored to a high school audience

Setup Needed

  • Slide projector and screen optional
  • Microphone optional
  • Computer and projection screen for PowerPoint optional

Mr. Paul M. Bray

Attorney, Lecturer and Columnist, P.M. Bray LLC. and University at Albany

Paul M. Bray is an Albany attorney specializing in environmental and planning law. He was a primary drafter of many state laws, has worked with business and nonprofit local, state, national and international organizations. He also teaches planning at the University at Albany and writes two monthly columns. He was a founder of the Riverspark Heritage Area, Parks and Trails NY and the Albany Roundtable and a recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.

Telephone: 518-472-1772
Website: www.braypapers.com
Address: 126 South Swan Street
Albany, NY  12210
Albany County
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