A Tale of Two Rivers: Los Angeles and San Antonio Trudi Sandmeier 00:00Today on Save As: Leslie Dinkin 00:01What I really liked about the L.A. River, I guess, is that it doesn’t pretend to be anything else, you know. It…
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There’s an App for That: 3D Scanning with a Smartphone
Tools for documenting historic buildings evolve constantly, but professional 3D scanners remain out of reach for most of us. Alumna Ye Hong, our first dual-degree student in Heritage Conservation and Building Science, sees a path to more equitable heritage conservation in the nearly ubiquitous smartphone. For her thesis, she tested the potential and limitations of mobile apps to scan Reunion House, designed by Richard and Dion Neutra. In this episode, co-host Trudi Sandmeier discusses this exciting project with Ye, as well as (fellow alum) Sian Winship of the Neutra Institute for Survival through Design.
There’s an App for That: 3D Scanning with a Smartphone Trudi Sandmeier 00:00Today on Save As: Ye Hong 00:01I was hoping that it can be beneficial for the protection of our built environment, either to have like collective memories, and…
Documenting Black Women’s History at the Wilfandel Clubhouse
Dedicated students at the University of Southern California have pulled out the laser scanners and measuring tapes to document the Wilfandel Clubhouse in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Wilfandel Club, the oldest Black women’s club in Los Angeles, was founded in 1945 by Della Williams (wife of architect Paul R. Williams) and Fannie Williams as a safe place for social, civic, and community events. In this episode, producer Willa Seidenberg visits the clubhouse to see the students in action, hear what they’re doing and why, and talk with longtime member Jan Morrow Bell.
Documenting Black Women’s History at the Wilfandel Clubhouse Cindy Olnick 00:00Today on Save As… Eliza Jane Franklin 00:01This is really a hidden gem. So many of these places and spaces that will uplift the Black community are often hidden, or they’re unacknowledged…
The Midcentury Spa-Tels of Desert Hot Springs Trudi Sandmeier 0:00Today on Save As… Willa Seidenberg 0:01I always loved it, A: because the spa water is amazing. And, B: the minute I get to the desert I relax. Trudi Sandmeier 0:17Welcome…
The Hidden Heritage of San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf
A San Francisco native, alumna Emi Takahara always wondered why so many locals dismiss the historic Fisherman’s Wharf as a tourist trap. Sure, it has overpriced food, but it also has a culinary history that might surprise you—as well as longtime businesses trying to weather the changing times. In this episode, Emi talks with producer Willa Seidenberg about her thesis, The Restaurant That Started It All: The Hidden Heritage of San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf, how Italian immigrants shaped Fisherman’s Wharf in the nineteenth century, and how it’s evolving in the twenty-first.
The Hidden Heritage of San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf Cindy Olnick 0:00Today on Save As … Emi Takahara 0:01People don’t really know about the Italian and Sicilian heritage, or even the early people, the Yelamu that lived there, they’re not thinking…
Rehabbing Old Houses into Affordable Housing Trudi Sandmeier 0:00Today on Save As… Isabel Thornton 0:01It’s the whole effect of that in a neighborhood when you have a blighted or vacant home and a home that has just not seen…
Rehabbing Old Houses into Affordable Housing
Alumna Isabel Thornton grew up in the Rust Belt town of Roanoke, Virginia. After graduating from USC, she eventually returned home and took note of the city’s beautiful Victorian homes, many vacant and in a state of disrepair. Linking her experience in affordable housing with her passion for historic places inspired her to create her non-profit Restoration Housing. In this episode of Save As, Isabel talks with Trudi about how her organization is successfully rehabilitating neglected houses into unique high-quality affordable rental housing.