Six practical reasons to save old buildings
Saw this interesting article called, "Six Practical Reasons to Save Old Buildings," in the National Trust for Historic Preservation blog.
They say: "Simply put, 'historic' means 'old and worth the trouble.' "
Something unheard of in Miami.
Some of the reasons are: "New businesses prefer old buildings" and "Old buildings are reminders of a city's culture and complexity."
You can see the full article here.
They say: "Simply put, 'historic' means 'old and worth the trouble.' "
Something unheard of in Miami.
Some of the reasons are: "New businesses prefer old buildings" and "Old buildings are reminders of a city's culture and complexity."
You can see the full article here.
posted by Tom Falco at 4:00 AM
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"New businesses prefer old buildings" -- that's clearly false. Not all do.
It seems many people don't understand, or seem to forget, that historic preservation can be a very creative process. It doesn't mean necessarily restoring a building back to exactly how it was. It can involve combining the old with the new, and in many cases it does. See the proposals for the reconstruction of the Notre Dame Cathedral on the design website Dezeen. They are all very creative and don't involve restoring it back to how it was.
Here are some quotes from the proposals:
"When people come to see the cathedral they will feel a powerful connection to the history seeing the ancient and the modern parts together."
"A middle ground should be reached between acknowledging the past and bringing the innovation of our time."
In Miami-Dade County and all the Cities in our County the construction companies have the politicians in their hip pocket so everything comes down and gets rebuilt. These politicians tell us they are worried about the rising ocean level. But the allow the builders to remove trees and anything else in their way. Just look at the trees that were removed from the Coconut Grove Bank ex-parking lot for the high-rise apartments now there. The loss of tree canopy around the world is one cause of sea levels rising and in Miami-Dade the politicians make sure they help those sea levels rise.
Doug Torborg
MIAMI IS SELF LOATHING AND AS SUCH HAS A CONSTANT NEED TO REINVENT ITSELF AND WIPE AWAY ANY SIGNS OF THE OLD. IF YOU HATE YOUR OWN HISTORY YOU WILL DO NOTHING TO PRESERVE IT! AND NOTHING IS WHAT THEY DO!
(continued from 5:48 above)
The current playhouse plan is a compromise, a middle ground, between acknowledging the past and bringing innovation. Those saying that the plan is totally destroying history are wrong. The facade, the most important architectural detail of the building, is being saved. The rest of the theater has no architectural value and no real use value either. This is exactly where "bringing the innovation of our time" is needed by way of a new, updated structure. The current plan is actually a perfect example of what a compromise or middle ground looks like.
Also, the argument that because a few well-known plays or individuals used the theater it should, therefore, be given historical value is flawed. Just because a well-known individual or play uses a building doesn't automatically mean it's historic or has any historic value. Under this standard, many modern, recently-built, architecturally insignificant theaters today would be considered historic because of the famous individuals or productions that used them. I guess Ransom's modern auditorium is historic because famous people have spoken or performed there. That doesn't seem to make any sense.
Wow, April 28, 2019 6:58 PM. It's amazing how you think you are correct, but the City of Miami HEP Board, the State of Florida Division of Historical Resources, and the National Park Service (National Register of Historic Places) are all wrong. Can you explain why anyone should adopt your unsupported "opinions" rather than the facts which were reviewed prior to the Playhouse being added to the National Register of Historic Places?
6:58 PM is thinking along the line of the Taliban which destroyed the Buddhas of Bamyan leaving only an outline of the Tall Buddha in the cliff. Do you see the irony? It is unbelievable that so many Americans are thinking like the Taliban now: "Just because a Buddha once used the space doesn't automatically mean it's historic or has any historic value"
Lowell, it’s puzzling why you’re putting the word opinions in quotes. But, yes, these are my opinions and people are free to agree or disagree with them including those boards you mentioned, which by the way don’t always make the right decisions for the people. A basic tenet of democracy is to question the decisions of those boards/government agencies so they’re held accountable. Just because those boards made a decision on a matter doesn’t mean that their decision is the right one or the best one for the people. I happen to think that their decisions relating to the playhouse are not in the best interests of the people of Coconut Grove, and I have every right to think so through my “opinions” as do others. No one has to “adopt” my opinions just like how no one has to “adopt” the decisions of our frequently wrong, uninformed, and ineffective government agencies or your “opinions.”
Can you imagine a "middle ground" with preserving the Eiffel Tower?
The current playhouse plan is not "leaving only an outline." The whole facade, the most important architectural detail of the building, is being saved. Leaving only an outline would be destroying the whole facade and "leaving only an outline" of it.
I am an advocate for finding a reasonable compromise. What the Taliban did was extremism.
Can you imagine a middle ground with rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral? Many architects have.
And, lastly, Americans very much do worry about that "trend" in the Taliban. We went to war, and are still at war, against the Taliban because of their "trend." Americans put their lives on the line, and lost their lives, fighting that trend. Your comment, frankly, is offensive.
Maybe you need to be offended to wake up and start thinking. Do synagogue shooter yesterday or last month do not remind you a bit of the Taliban or should we follow like sheep and call them "very fine people"?????
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