"It's only when you look around and see these things are disappearing, you think 'Oh, maybe we should hold on to these," My favorite quote from this article. But, here in America, everything we see has a dollar sign attached to it. See that once beautiful theater over there? Why is it there? We could build condos there instead. It'll make money, and it'll bring in tax dollars. Awesome! And that's the problem with America. We have a bit more then 200 years of history, and we don't physically respect that history by preserving it. We just rebuild endlessly. And, when we rebuild, we do it in a way that makes every corner of this country look exactly the same. i call it the "Flintstones effect" If you are a fan of the Flintstones, you'll recall that every time they went out for a drive in their foot powered cars, they'd pass the same rock, tree, house and boulder over and over again. And that's what is happening everywhere in America. Is it greed? Are we that stuck in the need for familiarity that we have to live in a homogenized country? I've been to Hawaii twice in my life. Unfortunately, both times took me to Honolulu. That city made me so incredibly sad, because I wasn't in a tropical paradise. I was in an outpost of America, with the same ugly retail and virtually no trace of the Hawaiian culture that existed before. Sure, you could go to tourist shows, but then your surrounded by American gawkers that are more interested in getting a Readers Digest condensed view of a culture centuries older then our own.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 6/29/2008 9:36:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Last summer, the last use of The Baronet...But, who cares, right?...I > sincerely hope that this lack of concern doesn't extend to Asbury Lanes when > it's > threatened. > Preservation: Plain-Jane vs. Majestic Artifacts: Excerpts from USA Today's > "Preservation efforts fall short." _http://tinyurl.com/5st3de_ > (http://tinyurl.com/5st3de) > > > Time and natural decay doom some. Others are sped along in the name of > progress, safety or simple neglect. > > "The problem is they're nonrenewable resources." > > Preservation of historic buildings, bridges and other structures tends to > favor the grand, the notable and the notorious. But small farm houses, barns, > > bridges, windmills and other ordinary items provide important insight.... > > > "Without them, we get a distorted, romanticized view of the past." > Plain-Jane looking hay barns or toll roads or mining camps are easily > overlooked in the shadow of more majestic artifacts.... > "It's only when you look around and see these things are disappearing, you > think 'Oh, maybe we should hold on to these.'" > Not every ranch, outbuilding or bridge can or should be saved, historians > say. Already, more than 80,000 properties are listed on the National > Register > of Historic Places.... > The listing, though, is only an honorific designation and doesn't provide > specific protections. That tends to come at the local level, often through > zoning.... But there are never any guarantees the place will survive. > _Preservation efforts fall short, many historical sites disappear - > USATODAY.com_ (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-06-28-historical- sites_N.htm) > > > > > > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > fuel-efficient used cars. > (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
