Dr. Robert Fishman

Robert Fishman teaches Urban Design, Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D and M.A in History from Harvard and his B.A from Stanford. He is nationally recognized as an expert in the fields of Urban History and Urban planning and policy.
Dr. Fishman gave this years keynote speach at the HDC's annual meeting Saturday 4th March and talked about the rise of historic preservation as a professional and popular movement coincided with the 'urban crises' devastating American cities. For some, preservation represented at best nostalgic escapism from current urban problems, at worst a form of gentrification seeking to isolate favored areas from general ruin. Dr. Fishman argued that preservation seen in its true context has been an integral part of the larger 're-urbanism' and recovery of the American city.
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