Liberia and The Back-to-Africa Heritage and Archaeology Research Project | Chrislyn Laurie Laurore & Craig Stevens In 1822, Black American settlers seeking respite from racialized…
Heritage and Identity-Making on South Philadelphia’s Washington Avenue INTRODUCTION A bright yellow awning runs the entirety of a nearly two-hundred-foot-long facade on the corner of…
Korean American transnational architectural histories offer vast possibilities for new scholarship on significant contributions to the built environment of the United States. Preliminary studies of the…
The Unique Challenges of South Asian American Representation Within AAPI Heritage South Asian Americans (SAAs) make up one-third of the total Asian American (AA) population in…
Three decades of foundational work in historic preservation to conserve Asian American cultural heritage reflect the convergence of multiple movements that have contributed to making Asian…
Memorials for the 1871 Massacre in Los Angeles and the Driving Out of 1849–1943 On October 24, 1871, a mob of about five hundred Anglo…
Historical preservation is not only about the built environment. It is, above all else, the memories of that built environment, including historical memory often erased by…
Heritage and Identity-Making on South Philadelphia’s Washington Avenue INTRODUCTION A bright yellow awning runs the entirety of a nearly two-hundred-foot-long facade on the corner of…
Experts on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) architectural history depend on documentation in the archives to produce new scholarly work. Yet, what we find there…
The Unique Challenges of South Asian American Representation Within AAPI Heritage South Asian Americans (SAAs) make up one-third of the total Asian American (AA) population in…
Korean American transnational architectural histories offer vast possibilities for new scholarship on significant contributions to the built environment of the United States. Preliminary studies of the…
The editors of this journal issue have collaborated with Huy Pham, Executive Director of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation (APIAHiP), to create a…
It is with great sadness that I write about the passing of COT founding editor, Frank G. Matero. Frank died December 2025 after a protracted…
Dear Readers, We hope that you have had a wonderful summer and are feeling rejuvenated as we enter the fall. We are excited to announce…
Looking Back to Move Forward The preservation of African American sites is often performed by everyday people who are not formally trained in historic preservation…
