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HABS Photographer Writes a HABS/HAER/HALS substack

Posted on August 19, 2025 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

HABS Photography exposed and explained on my new Substack.

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CPF webinar about Stephen Schafer, HABS Photographer

Posted on March 12, 2025 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

My Path to Preservation: Insights from a HABS Photographer INFO LINK   Members Non-Members FREEDate: May 20, 2025Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Join the California Preservation Foundation for our My Path to Preservation series, a webinar program with the goal of sharing insights with students, interns, graduates, emerging professionals, and anyone interested in a…

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Topanga Ranch Motel Lost to Fire HABS CA-3002

Posted on January 14, 2025 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

Today, I got an official HABS number from HDP, after looking through some files and finding the negatives. HABS CA-3002. This week the motel was lost in the Palisades Fire.

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HABS HAER To Do List

Posted on December 29, 2024 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

HABS TO DO LIST, what Historic American Buildings Survey photo are next?

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Lecture about HALS at the Sanborn Collection, CSUN

Posted on September 27, 2024 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

I'm doing a presentation. 🗺 At Cal State Northridge. I hope you can be there and see the marvelous and amazing maps that they have, and learn a bit about the HABS/HAER/HALS programs and how I use maps for research before every project. If you’d like more information about HABS, HAER or HALS photography take…

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Underrecognized California: A pilot preservation grant program to inspire inclusive designations

Posted on October 30, 2023 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

The L.A. pilot 2023 historic preservation grant program is open to students and groups who want to pursue historic designation of an underrepresented sacred site, park, community building, or other publicly available site in Southern California.

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Four National Register of Historic Places criteria … a basic text slide

Posted on April 26, 2023 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

A quick image to remember a simple concept… The four (4) National Register Criteria for evaluation and nomination. 

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A Picture Perfect New Year 2023

Posted on January 2, 2023 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

HABS photography of a former Fotomat for inclusion in the Historic American Buildings Survey collection at the Library of Congress.

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Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital PDA Award

Posted on September 5, 2022 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital The Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital of San Francisco is a winner for the 2022 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation. We created photographs for Project Lead Mike Garavaglia of Garavaglia Architecture in San Francisco. About the Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital The former Immigration Station Hospital was rehabilitated for adaptive…

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TIMES MIRROR HABS (2019)

Posted on September 2, 2022 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

These are the HABS large format photographs of the Times Mirror Building, constructed in 1970-73 for the Times Mirror Company, and designed by William L. Pereira & Associates.

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