February 3, 2012, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, 141 Convent Avenue, Sciame Auditorium
Nicodemus poses the unique opportunity to present a powerful historic timeline through the lens of a present living town. This will require an exploration of the economic opportunities for revitalizing the existing settlement, not solely through park programming (since the Historic Site’s resources are limited), but an assessment of the regional economic and social systems that are the milieu for the contemporary condition. The Site’s positioning in agricultural and trade networks determined the historic settlement just as they will dictate the viability of the future community. In keeping with Designing the Park’s principle of “borderless” parks, this approach suggests that visitors will connect to the park through both curiosity for the historic material culture and identification with the present struggles of the Town in a shifting American social, cultural and environmental landscape.
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