The Story of a House Activity

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Recycling Houses

Author Miki Conn joined us for a live reading of her fabulous book, The Story of A House. We loved how the house was loved and grew so much we created a fun craft to go with it.

Here’s what you’ll need:

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How to do it:

  1. Pick your recycled item.

  2. Wrap it with construction paper and tape it on.

  3. Draw on doors, windows, and any details you like: porches, stoops, lintels, cornices (our. ABCs of architecture posts might give you some ornamental ideas)

  4. Make an easy gabled roof by folding the paper in half and putting it on top. Or get fancy and make a hipped roof by starting with a square piece of paper, fold it in half to make a triangle. Unfold, and refold making a triangle in the other direction. When unfolded, you’ll have an X on your paper. This little shape with four triangles is.a hipped roof. The roof can be taken on from underneath or just sit on top.

  5. Fun details! Make your house prettier by adding details out of cut paper like shutters or maybe shingles on the roof. The sky is the limit how much detail you can add to your houses.

  6. Use other recycling to make other blocks that can be added to your house. A cider bottle can become a porch. A paper towel tube can be a Victorian turret, berry boxes can make a stoop when stacked up. Toilet paper tubes can be chimneys.

  7. Put all of your house parts together to see how your house can grow and change!

Make you’re house along with Cara in this how to video.

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Job Opening at Historic Albany Foundation- Admin. Assistant

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Historic Albany Foundation has a small office of dedicated and passionate employees.  We are committed to providing a respectful and pleasant environment for our employees. View our current job opportunities and apply today to join our team.

POSITION: Administrative Assistant

TYPE: Part-Time - Hourly

A part-time, 12 hour per week, entry-level position to share the administrative and program tasks as part of the Historic Albany Foundation administrative office team.  This position can be accomplished Monday through Friday, with some evening hours required.  This position can be mostly virtual, with some onsite hours required.  This position reports to the Executive Director.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Plaque Program

  • Technical Services Assistance

  • Grant Administration

  • Special Events and Program Assistance

  • General Administrative Support

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

  • Minimum of high school diploma

  • Attention to detail and accuracy

  • Ability to work independently

  • Self-starter

  • Proficient in various technology and software including Microsoft Office, Google Drive, and ability to learn various database and website software

  • Graphic design ability a plus

HAF provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.

HOURLY RATE OF PAY: $15 per hour

TO APPLY: Please EMAIL cover letter and resume to Pamela Howard, Executive Director at phoward@historic-albany.org by Friday. March 12, 2021. No calls please.

EndangeredAlbany: Argus Press Building

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#EndangeredAlbany: Argus Press Building

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As many of you have seen, the Argus Press Building in the Warehouse District has been on our Endangered list for a number of years. The building has sat vacant for over 15 years. After being foreclosed on in 2018 by the County and sold back to the owner in 2019, it looks like there will finally be a bit of movement on this building. There was an article in the Business Review on January 28th about the building having been purchased by U-haul. U-haul stated they did not have immediate plans and that they were evaluating the building.

Historic Albany sees this movement as a good thing. U-haul and self storage is typically a soft use of buildings that is often reversible and has a low impact on the building. If they decided to move later on, this use of the building does not impede different uses in the future, but will hopefully lead toward better maintenance and care of the exterior of the building. We watch this project developing with interest.

See the Business Review article here: https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2021/01/28/u-haul-buys-former-argus-press-building-albany.html

More about the history of the building can be found on our 2019 Dirty Dozen page here:

https://www.historic-albany.org/2019-dirty-dozen