Preservation Racine Gifts Racine Public Library

The Racine Public Library, 75 Seventh St., has received a generous donation from Preservation Racine, Inc., to purchase books for the library. Preservation Racine, Inc., is a nonprofit organization established in 1973 to identify and actively encourage the preservation of buildings, sites, and districts in the Racine, Wisconsin area which have historical, architectural, and cultural value. Part of the mission of Preservation Racine, Inc., includes donations for books or their preservation to the Racine Public Library.

These new titles will be displayed in the adult department, and at may be viewed at the upcoming Home Expo in the Racine Public Library's exhibit booth. You may also reserve them by visiting the library's online catalog at www.racinelibrary.info or by calling the reference desk at (262) 636-9217.

The Racine Public Library is pleased to add the following titles to their collection:

• A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation In the Twenty-first Century, by Robert E Stipe
• Where we lived - Discovering the Places We Once Called Home: the American Home From 1775 to 1840, by Jack Larkin
• Historic Building Facades: the Manual For Maintenance and Rehabilitation, by William Foulks
• Walls & Molding: How to Care For Old and Historic Wood and Plaster, by Natalie Shivers
• Building a Legacy: 100 Years of Heritage Architecture and Urban Design, by Tim Tingley and Lawrence Herzog
• Building a Legacy: The Restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio, by Zarine Weil
• Keeping Time: The History and Theory of Preservation in America, by William J. Murtagh
  
• Off the Grid: Modern Homes and Alternative Energy, by Lori Ryker
• The Preservation of Historic Architecture: The U.S. Government's Official Guidelines For Preserving Historic Homes, by the Department of the Interior
• The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-grid and Sustainable Living, by William H. Kemp
  
• Restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright's Heurtley House, starring Frank Lloyd Wright
  
• Saving America's Treasures, by Dwight Young
  
• Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies, by G. Z. Brown and others
  
• Green Roofs in Sustainable Landscape Design, by Steven L. Cantor
• Ten Shades of Green: Architecture and the Natural World, by Peter Buchanan
• Doors of the World, by Jean-Philippe Lenclos and others
• Windows of the World, by Jean-Philippe Lenclos and others
• Saving Places That Matter: A Citizen's Guide to the National Historic
• Preservation Act, by Thomas F. King
• Forests Forever: Their Ecology, Restoration, and Preservation, by John Berger and Charles E. Little
  
• Buying Time For Heritage: How to Save An Endangered Historic Property, by J. Myrick Howard
• Regenerating Older Suburbs, by Richard B. Peiser and Adrienne Schmitz Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes, by James Conaway
• The Working Landscape: Founding, Preservation, and the Politics ofPlace, by Peter F. Cannavo
• The Politics of Historic Districts: A Primer for Grassroots Preservation, by William E. Schmickle
• Rescuing the Past: The Cultural Heritage Crusade, by Jonathan Tokeley
• Heirloom Seeds and Their Keepers: Marginality and Memory in the Conservation of Biological Diversity, by Virginia D. Nazarea
• The Wisdom of Permanence: Essays on Sustainability from the E. F. Schumacher Society
• Green Manufacturing: Case Studies in Lean and Sustainability, by the Association of Manufacturing Excellence
• Living Green: A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability, by Greg Horn
• Water Stewardship: A 30 Day Program on How to Protect and Conserve Our
• Water Resources One Drop at a Time, by David Gershon
• 100 Ways to Save the World, by Johan Tell
  

Donations such as these allow the Racine Public Library to provide a deeper and broader collection of materials for the community.