--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What would you save I ask?
I would apply the facts to the Presevation Standard, and if the
building met the standard it would be saved. If it didn't it
wouldn't.
I would not, under any circumstances as a historian, use my own
preferences. That would make me an activist and not a Historian.
Anyone not using objective standards is doing it wrong.
> Werner...does not want...instrusion upon the public space the City
> founders gave to future generations.
Dead hand control. I'd rather make my own way in the world. What
space particularly are you referring to here?
> For instance, I have taken the text below from the FAQ
> section of NYC Landmark's.
>
> "What is a landmark?
> A landmark is a building, property, or object that has been
> designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission because it has
> a special character or special historical or aesthetic interest or
> value as part of the development, heritage, or cultural
> characteristics of the city, state, or nation.
The Standards I wrote for the Historical Society are better because
they aren't so vague. I'll try to dig them up.
> You call the Casino CH's ugly sister. I think that is proof enough
> that you are no historian.
As I've tried to stress before, no one's peronal preferences about a
building's design is relevent to whether it is historical, not mine
and not Werner's. We must apply objective standards.
Under objective standards, the Casin doesn't cut it.
As for my personal opinion, it could very well be the ugliest
building in the State. And, it never, ever, had any hitorically
important past.
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