Jesús Najar
Jesús ha trabajado en el diseño arquitectónico y urbano durante más de una década. Su interés por la preservación histórica lo llevó a gestionar distintos proyectos para el rescate de la Colonia Americana y el Ingenio Azucarero, en su ciudad natal, Los Mochis, Sinaloa. En los Estados Unidos colaboró con el National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington, DC) como oficial de campo para el sur de Texas y como arquitecto en la División de Sitios Históricos de la Comisión Histórica del Estado de Texas, desarrollando distintos proyectos en el centro y sur de Texas.
Jesús es arquitecto por parte del ITESO en Guadalajara, y cuenta con Maestría en Planeación Urbana y Ambiental así como Certificado en Preservación Histórica por la Universidad de Virginia. Es miembro activo de la Sociedad de Historiadores de la Arquitectura de Estados Unidos, SAH. Para ampliar sus estudios urbanos y de preservación histórica, Jesús ha viajado extensamente por Europa, América del Sur, Canadá, y México, pero actualmente radica en Austin, Texas.
Address: Austin, Texas, United States
Jesús es arquitecto por parte del ITESO en Guadalajara, y cuenta con Maestría en Planeación Urbana y Ambiental así como Certificado en Preservación Histórica por la Universidad de Virginia. Es miembro activo de la Sociedad de Historiadores de la Arquitectura de Estados Unidos, SAH. Para ampliar sus estudios urbanos y de preservación histórica, Jesús ha viajado extensamente por Europa, América del Sur, Canadá, y México, pero actualmente radica en Austin, Texas.
Address: Austin, Texas, United States
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One of the pivotal efforts to “civilize” this borderland was the creation of the Laredo Improvement Company in 1888. The company was organized by a group of Anglo-Texan entrepreneurs to promote investment opportunities in the new “Gateway City.” The company developed public utilities, office blocks, hotels, suburban residential areas, and created the first electric streetcar system in the state of Texas. The streetcar not only connected their real estate interests with the railroad stations, but also served the sister city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, making it the first international electric car system. Since supply of building materials and lumber was limited to occasional railroad shipments, Anglo entrepreneurs boosted local handmade brick industry in order to sustain the construction boom. Thus, builders and developers adapted the regional Mexican methods of construction with “northern” Victorian styles. The resulting architectural landscape in Laredo, almost homogenous in its brick appearance, provided unique sense of place and traditional continuum that defines Laredo as an unexplored case study of border vernacular architecture.
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Several members of the South Rockfish community formed a committee to investigate a Rural Historic District designation for their area. Listing an area as a Rural Historic District is an honorary designation that aims to bring communities together to protect their unique cultural, historic, and natural assets. However, local historic districts and ordinances are the most effective tools available to protect historic resources and their settings, but the Nelson County Board of Supervisors has avoided them.
Nelson County residents could participate in preservation by proposing historic preservation plans that promote the economic development of their community. Planners could show citizens how to develop a vision of their community and prioritize what they most value. This results in a local, specific model for South Rockfish, in which growth and design provisions are considered to accommodate new housing units and business within its boundaries. The ultimate goal of a preservation plan is to educate citizens about the value of history in shaping their environment so they can use this knowledge for future growth.
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en la Colonia Americana ademas del icónico edificio de Las Fábricas de Francia. Tambien instrumentó importantes obras hidráulicas y regaló a la ciudad su primer arco conmemorativo. Participó en el principal
concurso de arquitectura a escala mundial de principios de siglo XX: el diseño del rascacielos para el periódico The Chicago Tribune. Aparte de su práctica como constructor, fue un incansable científico e inventor
produciendo materiales de construcción modulares, presas automáticas y hasta aviones. La obra de Fuchs es emblemática, pero el personaje es practicamente desconocido. Por ello la importancia de conocer a este arquitecto que legó a distintas ciudades del país, especialmente Guadalajara, de un valioso y significativo patrimonio edificado.
One of the pivotal efforts to “civilize” this borderland was the creation of the Laredo Improvement Company in 1888. The company was organized by a group of Anglo-Texan entrepreneurs to promote investment opportunities in the new “Gateway City.” The company developed public utilities, office blocks, hotels, suburban residential areas, and created the first electric streetcar system in the state of Texas. The streetcar not only connected their real estate interests with the railroad stations, but also served the sister city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, making it the first international electric car system. Since supply of building materials and lumber was limited to occasional railroad shipments, Anglo entrepreneurs boosted local handmade brick industry in order to sustain the construction boom. Thus, builders and developers adapted the regional Mexican methods of construction with “northern” Victorian styles. The resulting architectural landscape in Laredo, almost homogenous in its brick appearance, provided unique sense of place and traditional continuum that defines Laredo as an unexplored case study of border vernacular architecture.
Several members of the South Rockfish community formed a committee to investigate a Rural Historic District designation for their area. Listing an area as a Rural Historic District is an honorary designation that aims to bring communities together to protect their unique cultural, historic, and natural assets. However, local historic districts and ordinances are the most effective tools available to protect historic resources and their settings, but the Nelson County Board of Supervisors has avoided them.
Nelson County residents could participate in preservation by proposing historic preservation plans that promote the economic development of their community. Planners could show citizens how to develop a vision of their community and prioritize what they most value. This results in a local, specific model for South Rockfish, in which growth and design provisions are considered to accommodate new housing units and business within its boundaries. The ultimate goal of a preservation plan is to educate citizens about the value of history in shaping their environment so they can use this knowledge for future growth.
en la Colonia Americana ademas del icónico edificio de Las Fábricas de Francia. Tambien instrumentó importantes obras hidráulicas y regaló a la ciudad su primer arco conmemorativo. Participó en el principal
concurso de arquitectura a escala mundial de principios de siglo XX: el diseño del rascacielos para el periódico The Chicago Tribune. Aparte de su práctica como constructor, fue un incansable científico e inventor
produciendo materiales de construcción modulares, presas automáticas y hasta aviones. La obra de Fuchs es emblemática, pero el personaje es practicamente desconocido. Por ello la importancia de conocer a este arquitecto que legó a distintas ciudades del país, especialmente Guadalajara, de un valioso y significativo patrimonio edificado.