TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmickle,William Edgar
TI  - The Politics of Historic Districts: a primer for grassroots preservation. 
SN  - 0759107556 
AV  - HT167 S263 2007
U1  - 307.1/2160973 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - AltaMira Press
KW  - City planning
KW  - United States
KW  - Citizen participation
KW  - Local
KW  - Politics and culture
KW  - Historic districts
KW  - Planning
KW  - Historic preservation
KW  - Political aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgments ix --
Introduction : what d'ya know? 1 -- 
1. Before you take another step 5 -- 
2. Thinking politically about historic district designation 11 -- 
3. How it starts 18 -- 
4. A walk through the designation process 24 -- 
5. On planning and strategy 36 -- 
6. Our strategic line : a community in / within conflict 44 -- 
7. Makers, breakers, takers, and shapers : the political field of play 49 -- 
8. Leadership and organization 58 -- 
9. Working with shapers 65 -- 
10 A practical vision 73 -- 
11. Thinking politically about design guidelines 82 -- 
12. It's personal 87 -- 
13. Sticks and stones 93 -- 
14. The campaign kickoff 95 -- 
15. Community meeting arrangements 101 -- 
16. Your community presentation 109 -- 
17. FAQs : frequently asked questions 115 -- 
18. Thinking politically about Q&A : the moving pattern of opponents' challenges 118 -- 
19. Our reframing Q&A strategy 127 -- 
20. Answering opposition questions I : from "distrust of them" to the "pivotal shift" 131-- 
21. Answering opposition questions II : from the "pivotal shift" to "distrust of us" 145 -- 
22. Skirmishing with radical property rightists 159 -- 
23. Petition politics 171 -- 
24. Reaching out to the opposition 182 -- 
25. Moving on to city hall 187 -- 
26. Behind the scenes intelligence 193 -- 
27. Working with the press 201 -- 
28. A civic vision 212 -- 
29. The politics of public hearings 218 -- 
30. A conversation with a lobbyist 225 -- 
31. A checklist for one on one meetings 233 -- 
32. Our public hearing presentation 237 -- 
33. The politics of compromise 246 -- 
34. Winning the vote 254 --
Index 257 --
About the Author 269 --
ER  -