Choi, Danielle2020-10-022018-07-03Danielle Narae Choi (2018) Juvenile Delinquents, Journal of Architectural Education, 72:2, 281-283, DOI: 10.1080/10464883.2018.14967341046-48831531-314Xhttps://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37365487Frederick Law Olmsted’s Franklin Park hosts a small hillside population of American beech saplings. Though juvenile in form, these small trees may be many years old, waiting for the mature canopy to die. This “micro-narrative” uses this case to describe the dilemmas of landscape architectural preservation in the public realm. Strictly form-based approaches are inadequate to respond to changing human use; approaches grounded in restoration ecology suffer from a “crisis of baselines” in the face of ongoing environmental change. The tension between material authenticity and ecological resilience can be productively explored to seek new design potentials for preservation.en-USEducationVisual Arts and Performing ArtsArchitectureJournal Article2020-10-0210.1080/10464883.2018.1496734