Reply #30: "We need to end this addiction to "preserving" shit"

[Libertas1776]

When exactly have we been preserving anything in this country lately. With that kind of mentality, you should really move to NYC 'cause you'll just love all the history and financially burdensome historical landmarks that have been demolished to make way for more economical high end boutique stores and towering glass condos...that are now sitting empty and filling up with derelicts.

This building was considered financially burdensome to the owners of the Penn Central in the early 60s because train ridership had dropped to record low levels and the outside was a little soot stained. They could have payed for a stream wash, but instead they tore it down...


and now we are left with this monstrosity that no one even wants anymore. And train ridership has only increased significantly since the 60s.


Not to mention those people who were addicted to "preserving shit" succeeded in saving this little piece of historical "shit" after that other piece of "shit" was demolished.








Good on Dennis Kucinich. Preserving history in architecture, even in churches, goes a long way in preserving the locale as a whole.