Chapter 1: Who is Cooper and what is his profession?
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How are you? Good. How's it going? It's going pretty well. I have a few scratchings about you right here. You are Cooper Shields, and it says here you're an architectural historian from Ohio. That's about all I know about you. That is true.
uh tell me what an architectural historian does yes so there are a few different facets an architectural historian can be a lot of them are like the uh the the educational side teaching researching and whatnot and the side i'm on i work for a cultural resource management firm And a lot of what we do, so most of my company is actually archaeologists, and there's 10 or so of us.
And a lot of the projects that we do are government-mandated surveys. So when a project is done in the U.S. that requires, that uses federal money, it triggers a cultural resource survey. And so that... make sure that the project doesn't negatively affect any of our cultural heritage, whether that's architectural, historic, or archaeological.
So what we'll do, what I do in the above ground section, as we call it, is you do just survey work. So is that roundabout going to necessarily impact that historic house that's sitting on that corner? If it is, what can we do to mitigate it? Can they move it? Slightly. Can they move the house? Can they move the project?
The house. Developers must hate you.
Yeah, you must be hated by... It says here you've been attacked by many developers. It's mostly homeowners. Homeowners, okay.
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Chapter 2: What does an architectural historian do?
Yeah, when you're driving around in a car with an orange vest on taking photos of people's houses, you get some weird looks.
Well, I hope so.
It's a way to be a peeper.
Yeah, I mean, that's the thing is you could be a... Cooper, you could be a serial peeper who got into this. And you talk a nice game up front about preservation and surveys, trying to lull people into this sort of NPR fog of it's all legit. But you're a guy in an orange vest, which, by the way, is not mandated by your job. That's your choice. It's branded, but it's not. It's optional.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you're taking some creepy pictures.
I never Zoom.
These are not historic homes you're photographing. Often these are homes that were... They're apartment buildings. They were built in the 1980s. College dorms. Yeah, college dorms. I have concerns about this sorority. And it's historical value. Sir, it was built in 1993. Oh, man.
He does such important work. And look what we've done to him.
Is it that important? Yes, it is. Listen, and Cooper, I don't say that to in any way denigrate you.
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Chapter 3: How do cultural resource surveys impact development projects?
I don't think my job is important. And so I think together we're wasting America's time.
Are any of us actually important in the grand scheme of things?
I would say, I don't know. I mean, I think there's some actors, big A-list actors that are very important.
Oh, what? Okay.
I just wanted to throw that out there. I didn't think that's the route you'd go for that. I know.
Neither did I. Doctors. Your dad was a doctor and your mom was a lawyer.
Yeah, but he was in a movie and neither was my mom. You know, a DiCaprio, that's like a very important person. And I don't want to talk about this anymore. It's just so obvious. Yeah. This sounds very cool. You must have architectural styles that you like, architectural styles that you favor over other styles. What are the kinds that you really like?
That's true.
What gets you all hot and bothered?
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Chapter 4: What architectural styles does Cooper prefer?
Well, when you think too hard about it, it gets a little weird.
I know. All right. Well, okay. And what about Sona? So Sona, I like the Gamble House, which is in Pasadena. It's the epitome of arts and crafts style. You know what?
Gorgeous. I love arts and crafts. Can I see a picture of that, please? Come on, Eduardo. What are you doing over there?
Doc Brown's house in Back to the Future as well.
That's a beautiful house.
It sure is. This is much better than the Team Disney building.
Yeah.
That's a gorgeous house.
Yeah.
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