When historic buildings are left vacant they are at a greatly increased risk of damage and decay as well as being a potential blight on their locality. The best way to protect a building is to keep it occupied, even if the use is on a temporary or partial basis. It is inevitable that some historic buildings will struggle to find any use, especially in areas where the property market is weak and the opportunities for sale or re-use are limited. However, such buildings may become centrepieces of future regeneration and safeguarding will allow them to fulfil their social, cultural and economic potential. This guidance is intended to help owners and purchasers of vacant historic buildings to reduce the risks by undertaking a range of precautionary measures and adopting an ‘active management’ approach that can prevent unnecessary damage, dereliction and loss of historic fabric. Owners will also benefit by maintaining the value of their assets and increasing the chances of bringing them back into permanent use. The guidance explains how to decommission buildings that are about to be vacated, as well as how to look after buildings that have already been vacant for some time.

This publication is the second in a series on architectural design of theaters and concert halls.

In Place of a Show is a compelling account of Western theatre buildings in the 21st century: theatres stripped of their primary purpose, lying empty, preserved as museums, or demolished. Playfully combining first-person narratives, scholarly research and visual documents, Augusto Corrieri explores the material and imaginative potentials of these places, charting interconnections between humans, birds, vegetation, and the beguiling animations of inanimate things, such as walls, curtains and seats. Across four chapters we learn of the uncanny dismantling and reconstitution of a German Baroque auditorium during the Second World War; the phantasmal remains of a demolished music hall in London's East End; a Renaissance Italian theatre, fleetingly transformed into an aviary by the appearance of a swallow; and a lavish opera house emerging from the Amazon rainforest. In these pages we are invited to discover theatres as sites of anomalous encounters and surprising coincidences: places that might reveal the performative entanglement of human and nonhuman worlds.

A clear, concise review guide for the FDNY F-03 and F-04 Place of Assembly Safety Personnel Certificate of Fitness Exam. This guide contains two full-length practice exams and specific tips about the testing format and test center.

An overview of the buildings and site and its owners and users, an archeological survey and study to insure preservation, and an interpretive plan.

The scope of this historic structure report was to perform a "thorough" investigation of the New Barn as defined by Director's Order #28: Cultural Resource Management Guidelines. The report, which deals primarily with the subject building, incorporates context and background information about Sagamore Hill. Sections include "Part I: Developmental History," and "Part II: Treatment and Use." The latter provides a list of character- defining features (CDFs), in accordance with NPS standards. Paint analysis and color- matching of the building's exterior finishes is included as an appendix to this report. The report does not include a condition assessment, nor does it include a "Part III, Record of Treatment," which should accomplished by the contractor after the treatment is completed.