Roadside Related
- “Our Unwitting Biography: Place Product Packaging and the American Roadside – 1920-2005” (Thesis)
- Commercial Archaeology (Roadside Architecture)
- Industrial Architecture
Publication
- US Route 1: Baltimore to Washington, DC, Arcadia Publishing, 2018 (128 pages)
- New book about US Route 1 takes readers on a ride through history (Hyattsville Life and Times)
- The History Highway “Popular Culture” (on Google Books from 2006)
Personal
- 40 Under 40 Award (PGC Social Innovation Fund)
- Best of Maryland; Aaron Marcavitch – Award from Preservation Maryland
Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Inc. Related
- Speaker Series, November 28, 2018 – Making a Maryland Milestone (YouTube/M-NCPPC) – a program about the work of ATHA and the history of US Route 1
- PreserveCast (PodCast) which ATHA Inc. executive produced and I appeared on an episode talking diners, drive-ins, and more.
- Re-Imagining the Anacostia River (WAMU Radio) on the Kojo Nnamdi Show as part of a panel discussion.
- Accidental Success: Pyramid Atlantic debuts new exhibition, Misprints (Hyattsville Life and Times) – a grant-funded program
- @OurHyattsville exhibit is resident’s ‘love letter to Hyattsville’(Hyattsville Life and Times)
- ATHA Inc.’s new projects help residents reach more ‘milestones’ (Hyattsville Life and Times) – on the new exhibit/visitors center opening in Hyattsville.
- From church to pool hall to art center: Hyattsville, Pyramid Atlantic win Preservation Maryland award (Hyattsville Life and Times) – on award presented to the new project.
- Washington, DC’s Capital Trails Coalition (Rails to Trails Magazine, Winter 2017) – Article on pages 6-7
- All of these people want a gap-free trolley trail in Hyattsville (Washington Area Bicyclist Association)
- Prince George’s considers connecting with Capital Bikeshare (Washington Post) – regarding an agreement to add Bikeshare
- A new trail segment will connect more than 40 miles of PG County paths to D.C. (Diamondback) – the opening of the new trail to DC
- County Seeks Feedback on Trails Plan (Hyattsville Life & Times) – related to work developing new trail opportunities within Heritage Area
- Undaunted/Battle of Bladensburg Website
- Remembering a checkered battle in the War of 1812 (The Inquirer/Philly.com)
- Prince George’s County to mark 199th anniversary…(Washington Post)
- Battle of Bladensburg Encampment (Greenbelt 2012 Blog)
- 1812 Privateer Remembered at Laurel festival (WYPR Radio)
- Without Prince George’s County, there might have been no Star Spangled Banner (Washington Post)
- For War of 1812 events, the key is spicing up a ‘boring’ subject (Washington Business Journal)
- Hyattsville commemorates War of 1812 with art and music (The Prince George’s Sentinel) – related to “Bursting in Air” program
- Prince George’s County gets ready to celebrate the War of 1812 (WUSA 9) – Video on battle program
- Before donning period costume, Baker wondered: did blacks fight in War of 1812? (Washington Post) – This article shows how we worked with politicians to bring the story alive
- Bladensburg set to relive history with the War of 1812 weekend (The Gazette/Washington Post)
- Comcast Newsmakers: War of 1812 (Comcast) – Video about War of 1812
- Battle Of Bladensburg Remembered During Undaunted Weekend (The Gazette/Washington Post) – After the big 1812 related event
- Re-enactors, racers mark Bladensburg bicentennial (Hyattsville Life and Times)
- Bladensburg battles to preserve historic Bostwick House (Washington Post) – regarding an endangered historic house
- Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Advisory Council Appointments
- Prince Geoge’s County 40 Under 40 Listing
Housing Nantucket Related
- Green Specifications Project (Developed, Draft Version)
- Request for Qualifications for Housing Resource Center(Developed and overseen)
- Organizational Long Range Plan (Developed and Oversen)
- Design for duplex at Surfside Road (Overseen and Managed – Design by Aaron Trahan and Joanna Grab, Northeastern University)
- Tenant Handbook for Housing Nantucket (Developed and implemented)
- Project Proposal for Duplex on Nantucket (Concept overseen – Design by Aaron Trahan and Joanna Grab, Northeastern University)
- Housing Office builds green houses for rental stock (regarding new units by HN)
- Nantucket Housing Bill killed at Town Meeting (regarding HN efforts for advocacy)
- Housing Nantucket losing its Executive Director
- The Slippery Slope of Affordable Employee Housing (On Common Ground, Winter 2008)
Other Projects
- Program for the American Association for History and Computing Conference (Organizer)
- Presentation to Society for Commercial Archaeology/Roadside in Cincinnati 2017
- Presentation to Southern New England APA conference on Chain Store limitations (Presentation, SWF/Flash)
- Presentation to the Popular Culture Association on Roadside Architecture (Presentation, SWF/Flash)
- Presentation to Annual Salve Regina University Historic Preservation Conference (REPORT | Presentation, SWF/Flash)
Articles in which I was quoted
- Philistines in The Shingle Museum (regarding HDC issues)
- Polo has designs on the isle (regarding chain stores)
- Young families move into Prince George’s County (regarding a change in demographics for majority African American Prince George’s County)
-
Can buildings be too young to save? (Boston Globe) – regarding recent past architecture
Preservation Planning
- Bylaw Draft for Economic Development Impact Review
- Bylaw Draft for Historical Commission
- Preservation Plan for Nantucket, MA (Draft concept, DOC)
Syllabus Concepts
- Introduction to Heritage Resource Studies
- Heritage Resource Studies and the Landscape
- Computer Applications in HRS
Articles written for Yesterday’s Island on Nantucket
- A Place Apart
- Beginnings, Endings, & Edges
- Walking With Friends
- Houses on Wheels
- The Roads We Travel
- Open Spaces
- Tuckernuck
- Minimum Maintenance
- Invisible People, Invisible Places
- Home for the Holidays
Historic Preservation for Greene County, PA – includes information on:
- Built and Natural Landscape preservation
- Waynesburg and Washington Railroad
- Folklore in SWPA Coal Mining
- Action Ideas for Preservation Activities