Pitting developers against quality of life
Interesting story in Crain's New York about old theaters in the city called, "Old movie theaters are hoping for a Hollywood ending."
It reminds me of the Coconut Grove Playhouse. The article says, "Aging movie theaters have become a preservation battleground that often pits developers looking to make a profit against elected officials eager to maintain quality of life and residents seeking communal and cultural gathering spaces."
Sound familiar?
The whole story is here.
It reminds me of the Coconut Grove Playhouse. The article says, "Aging movie theaters have become a preservation battleground that often pits developers looking to make a profit against elected officials eager to maintain quality of life and residents seeking communal and cultural gathering spaces."
Sound familiar?
The whole story is here.
posted by Tom Falco at 9:30 AM
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2 Comments:
Old is magnificent and that is what the destructive forces want you to forget. Look at the white boxy houses and glass and steel office buildings, despite being new they look dead, cold and impersonal. They somehow communicate the builders lack conscience and have you realized you somehow avoid eye contact with those buildings like people do with funeral homes and morgues. Like ugly odd white towering refrigerators dominating the most personal kitchens where families share meals and conversations. When all folks lose respect for the old we are bound for total destruction.
"Battleground that often pits" developers vs quality of life against "Communal & cultural gathering space". I've read & heard the very same wording from time to time after 9/11. Taliban, ISIS, AL-Queda, this group vs that group describing Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Yemen & recently Saudi Arabia. Battles @ all levels of human activity & life forms!?
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