The longer I wait,
the harder it is to get the past back.
A quote about the past by Stephen Schafer
Underrecognized California: A pilot preservation grant program to inspire inclusive designations
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.
ABOUT ME
Bio Stephen Schafer (AKA: Schäf) specializes in architectural photography of our inherited environment. Having completed over one hundred large format documentations to date, Schafer is an expert in the documentation of buildings and sites with a practiced understanding of historic structures. His work ranges from bridges and subway tunnels to skyscrapers and Spanish colonial adobes,…
Lost in America the new book by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams – Book Review
Lost in America Book Review: Cahan and Williams, have crafted a book that’s an engaging foray through the demise of lost architecture while at the same time the book is a celebration of the Historic American Buildings Survey itself.
Four National Register of Historic Places criteria … a basic text slide
A quick image to remember a simple concept… The four (4) National Register Criteria for evaluation and nomination.
A Picture Perfect New Year 2023
HABS photography of a former Fotomat for inclusion in the Historic American Buildings Survey collection at the Library of Congress.
Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital PDA Award
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…
TIMES MIRROR HABS (2019)
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.
Asilomar Warnecke Historic District nominated to NRHP
Asilomar Conference Grounds Warnecke Historic District is located at the western edge of the City of Pacific Grove, overlooking Asilomar State Beach. The district consists of twenty-two buildings and associated landscape features designed by John Carl Warnecke & Associates after the State of California acquired the property in 1956. Originally a Young Women’s Christian Association…
HABS and HAER Photographs of Lost History
Historic American Buildings Survey Photographs of buildings lost to the wrecking ball or just lost to time.