Acknowledgements

This year’s Landslide report was made possible by many people who contributed their time, energy, and talent to this endeavor.

Foremost are the passionate advocates of these Landslide sites.  Their ongoing stewardship and work to save these threatened cultural landscapes is inspirational.

Thank You...

Funders

The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s Race + Space programming would not be possible without the generous support of the Joan Shafran and Rob Haimes Foundation and Trahan Architects. Additional support for Landslide 2021, came from “Supporting Sponsors” Douglas Reed, FASLA, Mary Ellen Flanagan, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, Mary Howell, Hollander Design, Nelson Byrd Woltz, Oehme van Sweden (OvS), and Telesis. TCLF is also grateful to the program’s “Friends Sponsors” including George Anderson, Nancy Bemis, Pamela Burton + Company, Leslie Close, Kelly Comras, FASLA, EDSA, Lisa Gimmy Landscape Architecture, Howard Design Studio, Nan Laird and Joel Alstein, LaGuardia Design Group, LeBlanc Jones, Lisa Lowry, Joeb Moore + Partners, Mundus Bishop, Susan Turner and Scott Purdin, Nievera Williams, RKLA Studio Landscape Architects, Bernice Schneider, John Skibbe, Snohetta, STIMPSON, Studio MLA, John Troy FASLA, Victor Stanley, Alexis Woods, and Candace Young.

Archives

We wish to acknowledge the University of Louisville, University of West Florida Historic Trust, Milwaukee Public Library, Water’s Edge Museum, Sandy Ground Historical Society, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and the Valentine Museum for their research assistance.

Interview Subjects

Thank you also to all of the interviewees who generously offered their time and knowledge: Angela Kyle, Layla George, Edward White, Gloria Smith, Michelle Landis, Linda Tarrant-Reid, Danielle Washington, Michael Carriere, Rachel Leibowitz, Ben Steere, Kofi Boone, Jacqueline Nolton, Lenora McQueen, Candace Henry, Gary Jackson, Walter Hood, and April de Simone.

TCLF Team

Special thanks to Charles Birnbaum, Celia Carnes, Dena Tasse-Winter, Barrett Doherty, Justin Clevenger, Nord Wennerstrom, and the entire team at TCLF for their work on this year’s Landslide report; and to ATEN Design Group for designing this website template.

Additional Thanks

This project was greatly supported by the many organizations and individuals who contributed their time and expertise to this report, including: SCAPE Studio, the Texas Freedom Colonies Project, Friends of Friendship Park, Studio West, Lincoln Park Conservancy, Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Nikwasi Initiative, Mainspring Conservation Trust, Walnut Way Conservation Corps, Hanbury Preservation Consulting, Design Workshop, Sandy Ground Historical Society, Front Range Research Associates, Central Park Conservancy, The Estate of Mrs. Virginia Blackwell, Kathi Littlejohn, and Dr. Barbara Paca.