Hey braniac, take that fancy "analogy" talk over to the Culture list. You are making me feel stupid.
Jonathan A. Cass -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of L a s e r B e a m ® Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:05 AM To: Univcity@list.purple.com Subject: Re: [UC] Good intentions are not enough; it takes money, too Dubin, Elisabeth wrote: > I'm hard-pressed to see what lessons a regular homeowner in UC can learn > from the house-museum problem. > > The problems that plague historic house museums are real, but we should > not confuse those issues with the historic districting debate going on > in our neighborhood. House museums need endowments and ticket sales to > pay for staff, maintenance, and improvements. If no one visits a house > museum, it's a valid question to ask, "Should the museum continue to > operate?" > > A historic district in a residential neighborhood is a separate animal. > I don't charge admission to visit my house, and I don't have an > endowment. If visitation drops, I'm not forced to cut back my staff. I > can turn my house into a B&B if I feel like it and the zoning board > agrees. I'm not pretending to present a re-enactment of the past, and I > don't need to make sure no one sits on my antique furniture. > > Barbara Silberman, in her article, says, "As a society, we need to > establish a greater range of options so that local preservationists can > make smart choices about the buildings they save." I would think this > is more of an endorsement for the historic homeowner tax credit, or for > commercial tax credits or facade easements, than a criticism of Historic > Districting. > > I'm sure Al will disagree with my separation of this two issues, so I > look forward to reading the response. historically correct porch spindle....$89 per history buff, $89 per non-buff admission to historic house museum....$15 per history buff, $00 per non-buff another one of elisabeth's patented analogies....priceless ......... laserbeam® [aka ray] ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
