Keeping 74 Bridge Street Above Water at SAAHP
RWU hosted special interactive session “Keeping 74 Bridge Street Above Water” with leaders from the Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF), Union Studio & Community Design, and Building Conservation Associates (BCA) on Tuesday, November 29 at the SAAHP Gallery.
The NRF’s property, the Townsend House at 74 Bridge Street in Newport, was the subject of Union Studio and Building Conservation Associates work, initiated in conjunction with the April 2016 conference, Keeping History Above Water, co-sponsored by NRF and RWU and others. NRF’s Pieter Roos and Margot Nishimura, Union Studio’s Doug Kallfelz and Stephanie Zurek, and BCA’s Lisa Howe (an RWU alumna) all participated in the session, and provided interpretation of the exhibition. Keeping History Above Water is one of the first efforts in the US to raise awareness of the impact of climate change on historic sites in coastal areas.