In this program\, while examining images o f NJ buildings\, patrons will look at different aspects &ndash\; aesthetic s\, cultural and economic perspectives\, and values and meaning &ndash\; t o develop skills for reading everyday landscapes in order to better unders tand community and place and why they matter.
\nIn the Garden State\ , ranging across 21 counties and five centuries\, from pre-European settle ment to post-industrial reinvention\, from log cabins and lighthouses\, to highways\, diners\, and tract houses\, we are literally surrounded by uni que and historically significant landscapes.
\nThis program will be presented by Dr. Gabrielle Esperdy\, Ph.D\, who is a historian and critic and whose work focuses on architecture\, consumerism and modernism in the U.S. metropolitan landscape\, especially everyday buildings and how social \, economic and political issues shape cities and suburbs. She has lecture d and published widely\;her books include "Modernizing Main Street" (2008) and "American Autopia" (forthcoming). She is founding editor of SAH Archi pedia\, to which she is contributing 100+ entries on the history of signif icant buildings of New Jersey. She teaches at NJIT.
\nThis program i s funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. \;
\nThe Somerset County Library System of New Jersey Common Heritage initiative ha s been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Any views\, findings\, c onclusions\, or recommendations expressed in these Library programs do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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