architecture

Winooski Main Street Revitalization Project Public Meeting 03/20/2024

From the City of Winooski:

The City of Winooski is improving the roadway along the Main Street (U.S. 2/7) corridor, starting at the New England Central Railroad bridge near the intersection with Maple Street and extending to the Winooski-Colchester town line near the Winooski School District. The Winooski Main Street Revitalization project will reconfigure the road layout to accommodate all roadway users.

For more infromation visit: https://winooskivt.gov/mainstreet

Preservation Burlington: New Website, Upcoming Newsletter, and Other Updates 02/22/2024

From Preservation Burlington:

Co-hosts Ron Wanamaker and Liisa Reimann discuss the launch of Preservation Burlington's redesigned website, an upcoming newsletter, and the Homeport Store/building on Church Street in Burlington.

More information: preservationburlington.org

Traveling For History with Patricia Araujo: Is Dr. Baxter Trying to Sabotage Me? 10/27/2023

From Patricia Araujo:

Host Patricia Araujo discusses the Highgate Manor/Dr. Baxter "coincidence".

For more information visit: www.travelingforhistory.com

Preservation Burlington: UVM Historic Preservation with Will Gansle 09/28/2023

Ron Wanamaker and co-host Liisa Reimann interview Will Gansle, a current UVM Historic Preservation graduate student, about his summer internship documenting UVM’s historic buildings.

More information: preservationburlington.org

Potential Housing Solutions for Aging Vermonters 09/22/2023

Host Bobby Lussier chats with guest Talor Stewart (Architect, author of Conscious Home Design) about potential solutions to Vermont's housing crisis, particularly through grants from the Vermont Housing Improvement Program (VHIP).

Education and Enrichment for Everyone: A Deep Dive into the History of the Burlington Ravine 09/22/2023

Britta Tonn, Architectural Historian, describes the history of the Burlington Ravine and how it transformed with urbanization.

For more information visit: eeevermont.org

Burlington-Winooski Bridge Project Public Information Meeting 09/19/2023

From VTrans:

The 95-year old Burlington-Winooski Bridge is reaching the end of its service life and no longer meets the needs of the multi-modal community. The project area accommodates over 25,000 vehicles and roughly 300-500 pedestrians and bicyclists per day. This is a drastic difference since the bridge was first constructed to primarily accommodate trolleys.

The overall project includes replacing the bridge and improving the intersections immediately south of the bridge, involving Riverside Street, Colchester Avenue, Mill Street, and Barrett Street. The intersection improvements generally consist of roadway reconstruction and traffic signal modifications, with the goal of improving safety and mobility for all users.

For more infromation visit: www.burlingtonwinooskibridge.vtransprojects.vermont.gov

Peace Talks: Community Wealth Through Peacebuilding: When We Build Together, We Thrive Together 06/16/2023

From Peace Talks:

This is the season one finale of Peace Talks, hosted by Daniel Parkins. We have all our previous guests from the season back on the show to hold dialogue with each other on how we can work together to build community wealth. We draw from the shared experience of each of the previous episodes to reflect on our individual parts to play in the community and how these roles can take on new meaning when we make the intentional choice to engage in community together.

Rajnii Eddins — Poet, Author, Community Organizer, and Director of Cultural Empowerment at the Richard Kemp Center
Scotty Lowry — Entrepreneur, Advocate for Social Change, and Co-Founder of Know Your Force
Tamara Eklof Parks — Educator, Advocate, and Director of the Multilingual Program at the Essex Westford School District
Jason Van Nest — Architect, professor at NYTech, and the founder & CEO of LOGIC Building Systems
Will Dodge — Chair of the Essex Energy Committee and acting Deputy Partner of DRM Law Firm

Peace Talks: Transforming the Housing Crisis by Design: How Industrial Revolution in Housing Construction Can Thread the Needle for New Development in Vermont 04/12/2023

From Peace Talks:

In this episode, we are exploring innovative solutions to the housing crisis in Vermont. We talk with Jason Van Nest who is an Architect, a professor at NY-Tech, and the Founder & CEO of LOGIC Building Systems. The crux of the matter is that new, affordable homes need to be built for younger, more diverse populations, but not at the expense of existing Vermont communities or the environment. Conventional approaches to development have struggled to address these issues because of the complex dynamic systems at play. Economic, social, and environmental interests all overlap in contradictory ways when it comes to housing. But what if there was a way to address these overlapping interests and needs by shifting our focus from home construction to industrial revolution? Tune in and see how an architect is transforming the housing market by design.

Show Guest: Jason Van Nest, Architect, professor at NYTech, and the founder & CEO of LOGIC Building Systems

VICII: African Women’s Traditional Building Practices Today 11/17/2022

From VICII:

A discussion about the film “Women Builders and Earthen Architectural Heritage in Africa” as a means of addressing the re-claiming of cultural identify and global architectural expectations and climate change. Featuring the following speakers:

Sandy Baird, citizen of the world, co-producer of VICII

Eric Agnero, citizen journalist, co-producer of VICII

Diane Gayer, architect / ecological planner

Amélie Esséssé, architect / filmmaker

For more information visit vicii.org

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!