The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Substitute Materials Have Lowered the Cost of Preservation - and Raised the Question: At What Point Is the Integrity of Historic Buildings Lost

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Field Name	Field value
ID	581
Title	The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Substitute Materials Have Lowered the Cost of Preservation - and Raised the Question: At What Point Is the Integrity of Historic Buildings Lost
File	Terra Cotta - Restoration
Vance Bibliography
Author	Fisher, Thomas
Source	Progressive Architecture
Vol
No
Date	November 1985
Year
Pages	[118]-122
Subject
Terra Cotta - Renovation/Restoration Cast Stone Concrete Fiberglass
Illustration
Photographs of the construction and installation of fiberglass capital for the old Providence Journal Building Examples of the use of substitute materials in the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco; Wrigley Building, Chicago; Marquette Building, Chicago; Scoville Square, Oak Park, IL
Notes
The article also discusses substitute materials for wood, cast iron and various roofing materials.