Ep 8 MAKING A HOME: Historic Preservation with Kate Wood

How to deeply have a relationship with your home, your time and your place in history. How honoring those who came before us helps us have gratitude for our contemporary lives. Confronting the uncomfortable as well as the beauty in history. The healing power of getting invested and interested in what we are doing creatively, whether we use our hands or not.

About Kate:

Kate Wood grew up criss-crossing the country with her educator parents and two brothers in her family's Volkswagen Bus, visiting house museums, battlefields, Main Streets, and wildlife sanctuaries. Today she is an award-winning preservationist, real estate broker (with with Patricia A. Hinkein Realty in Germantown) and principal of the full-service historic rehabilitation firm, Worth Preserving. Recognized as the go-to expert on properties of exceptional character and integrity, Kate partners with clients to unlock the potential of old buildings using her unique skill set and extensive network of trusted resources.

Preservation is Kate's passion, rooted in over 15 years' experience as the CEO of a major organization advocating for New York City landmarks including the iconic 2 Columbus Circle and Central Park West skyline. A sought-after public speaker and authoritative source for The New York Times and other media, she was recruited to teach preservation planning, advocacy and law at Columbia University and to co-author the book, Interior Landmarks: Treasures of New York, published in two editions by Monacelli Press. Today she is a regular presence on CIRCA Old Houses.

www.worthpreserving.com

Music credit: "Song We Came To Sing" by Living Roots livingrootsmusic.com