Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 34: The Gingerbread houses of Port-au-Prince, part two: the abandonment of the Bois-Verna, Turgeau and Pacot districts
Summary: The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 34, of 1 June 2013. The issue covers The Gingerbread houses of Port-au-Prince, part two: the abandonment of the Bois-Verna, Turgeau and Pacot districts. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 5 pages.
Key Findings
- The issue concludes ISPAN's series on Port-au-Prince Gingerbread houses by focusing on abandonment and transformation of Bois-Verna, Turgeau, Pacot, Bolosse, Peu-de-Chose and Carrefour-Feuilles.
- It links the decline of these houses to political and social upheaval, demographic growth, migration of wealthy households to higher areas and subdivision of large properties.
- It cites Anghelen Arrington Phillips's 1975 book as an early warning on endangered Gingerbread houses and notes an ONTRP-ISPAN inventory that identified nearly 800 Gingerbread structures.
- The 12 January 2010 earthquake is presented as both a disaster and a reminder of the seismic context in which the houses performed better than many expected.
- The bulletin reports FOKAL's September 2012 launch of Maison Dufort restoration as a training site for young heritage technicians in collaboration with ISPAN and WMF.
- The chronicles cover UNESCO risk-management work, a technical mission to the Citadelle Henry, and Carlo Di Antonio's May 2013 visit to the Maison Dufort chantier-ecole.
Full Description
The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 34, of 1 June 2013. The issue covers The Gingerbread houses of Port-au-Prince, part two: the abandonment of the Bois-Verna, Turgeau and Pacot districts. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 5 pages.
How to cite
Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN), 2013, Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 34: The Gingerbread houses of Port-au-Prince, part two: the abandonment of the Bois-Verna, Turgeau and Pacot districts, https://www.dloc.com/AA00065766/00023