Review: Preserving the Vanishing City: Historic Preservation amid Urban Decline in Cleveland, Ohio, by Stephanie Ryberg-Webster

Book Review| May 01 2024 Review: Preserving the Vanishing City: Historic Preservation amid Urban Decline in Cleveland, Ohio, by Stephanie Ryberg-Webster Preserving the Vanishing City: Historic Preservation amid Urban Decline in Cleveland, Ohio by Stephanie Ryberg-Webster. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2023. x + 249 pp. ; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; hardcover, 110. 50; paperback, 34. 95; eBook, 34. 95. Brenda Kayzar Brenda Kayzar Urbane DrK Consulting Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2024) 46 (2): 187–189. https: //doi. org/10. 1525/tph. 2024. 46. 2. 187 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures Review: Preserving the Vanishing City: Historic Preservation amid Urban Decline in Cleveland, Ohio, by Stephanie Ryberg-Webster. The Public Historian 1 May 2024; 46 (2): 187–189. doi: https: //doi. org/10. 1525/tph. 2024. 46. 2. 187 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe Public Historian Search This book is part of the Urban Life, Landscape, and Policy series (edited by David Stradling, Larry Bennet, and Davarian Baldwin) and offers an intensely researched history of the people, buildings, practices, and policies related to Cleveland's historic preservation efforts, or lack thereof. Although targeted to preservation and history scholars, urban scholars and preservation and planning practitioners will also find this case study interesting, as will Cleveland enthusiasts. The author, Stephanie Ryberg-Webster, posits an interesting conundrum: how does the concept of preservation as a revitalization tool apply to legacy cities that remain in a state of decline. 1 In the first portion of the book, she explores the application of practices and principles by preservationists throughout the era of deindustrialization in Cleveland, noting some compliance with national trends, a gathering of local support, and some preservation successes. She also chronicles the doggedness of city-funded demolitions, the lack of fiscal support. . . You do not currently have access to this content.