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See a portion of Traynor’s speech on the steps of City Hall in WBEN’s twitter post below. https://www.kta-preservation.com/blog/2021/9/7/next-up-university-heights-west monthly 0.5 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592ec2f43a0411d38a75a31d/1631052102006-9VIP6X6IANQPZPRLRJI4/Screen+Shot+2021-09-07+at+6.01.02+PM.png News - Next Up: University Heights West - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592ec2f43a0411d38a75a31d/1631052173653-NK8KXY2JZXO0PU0JGZ89/Screen+Shot+2021-09-07+at+6.00.51+PM.png News - Next Up: University Heights West https://www.kta-preservation.com/blog/2021/4/15/compliance-work-at-the-colored-musicians-club monthly 0.5 2021-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592ec2f43a0411d38a75a31d/1618498382230-NN56NVL3XW6GFLIJDM9D/Screen+Shot+2021-04-15+at+10.52.14+AM.png News - Compliance Work at The Colored Musicians Club https://www.kta-preservation.com/blog/2021/4/15/silo-city-phase-ii-the-perot-malthouse monthly 0.5 2021-04-15 https://www.kta-preservation.com/blog/2020/12/4/member-of-kta-preservation-specialists-annie-schentag-contributes-to-new-book-on-buffalo monthly 0.5 2021-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592ec2f43a0411d38a75a31d/1607107404295-Y6TDHJQEOAF0WO4LP2IB/51R3WHnWdIL._AC_SY400_.jpg News - Member of kta Preservation Specialists, Annie Schentag, Contributes to New Book on Buffalo https://www.kta-preservation.com/blog/2020/11/23/silo-city-phase-i monthly 0.5 2020-11-23 https://www.kta-preservation.com/blog/2020/7/8/should-architecturally-significant-low-income-housing-be-preserved monthly 0.5 2020-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592ec2f43a0411d38a75a31d/1594213939751-NH1BUC2PLF2066H03C38/Shoreline+Photo1.png News - Should architecturally significant low-income housing be preserved? 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In addition to her work with the firm, she has a diverse background that includes working in the public and private sectors, as well as in academia. Her experience has included teaching architecture and landscape architecture history, historic preservation, preservation planning, and design studio at the collegiate level; scholarly research and publication; and she was ‘Restoration Project Manager’ at the Kentucky Heritage Council, State Historic Preservation Office. Having worked for the Kentucky SHPO office, Ms. Traynor has a unique understanding of Section 106 compliance; the preparation of historic resource surveys; material fabric studies, and preservation and maintenance planning from the perspectives of a representative of a State Historic Preservation Office, as well as a private consultant. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Architecture at the University at Buffalo. She continued her education, receiving a Master’s of Science in Architectural History from Mississippi State University. She is qualified under 36 CFR 61 (Professional Qualification Standards) and 48 CFR Part 44738-9 (Secretary of the Interior) for History, Architectural History, Architecture, Historical Architecture and Historic Preservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592ec2f43a0411d38a75a31d/ff311520-c87c-44cb-8d7a-456abc1ab865/DSC_1158-Edit.jpg About - Annie Schentag Managing Partner, Architectural Historian Annie brings nearly a decade of preservation experience to the firm, ranging from the private sector to academia. She approaches her work at kta preservation specialists with a diverse combination of academic and professional experience. Academically trained as both an architectural historian and an urban planner, Annie has also been working in the field of historic preservation since 2010. She has extensive experience in researching and writing National Register Nominations, conducting Section 106 Compliance projects, and architectural reconnaissance surveys. Her work has thus far listed over 1000 properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo, NY. Annie received her B.A. at Smith College, a M.U.P in Urban Planning at the University of Buffalo, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in the History of Architecture and Urbanism at Cornell University. She is qualified under 36 CFR 61 (Professional Qualification Standards) and 48 CFR Part 44738-9 (Secretary of the Interior) for History, Architectural History, and Historic Preservation. She also teaches multiple courses at the collegiate level, in the Department of Art at Buffalo State College and at Villa Maria College, as well as in the Department of Environmental Design at the State University at Buffalo. https://www.kta-preservation.com/intro daily 0.75 2021-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592ec2f43a0411d38a75a31d/1607837314252-J5MZELP8ZS5HOHK5O7GV/home+image.JPG Intro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/592ec2f43a0411d38a75a31d/1609256728736-Y80USJSDCDFZYRKLHHOE/AmericanElevator.jpeg Intro - kta preservation specialists is a full service historic preservation consulting firm located in Buffalo, NY. With over twenty years of experience assisting in the process of architectural rehabilitation, restoration and preservation-oriented development throughout the Western New York region, the firm offers a wide range of services to real estate developers, architects, and other clients as needed. We are a small Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) with a diverse skill-set that enables us to apply creative solutions and think outside the box. Our attention to detail, professionalism, and longstanding relationship with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) distinguishes kta preservation specialists from other firms. We are qualified under 36 CFR 61 (Professional Qualification Standards) and by the Secretary of the Interior (48 CFR Part 44738-9) for History, Architectural History, Architecture and Historic Architecture. We take pride in our diversity of projects throughout the region and are currently expanding our geographic scope to include areas throughout New York State. Our approach to projects involving cultural resource management, architectural and archaeological resources, uses a variety of lenses to focus on the specific task at hand. We have the experience, expertise, and dexterity to figure out how to get things done. 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