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Originally Posted by MiEncanto
Arguing buildings should be saved simply because they are old undermines the whole preservation movement because it strikes outsiders as unreasonable. There’s nothing noteworthy about the Sing Hi building; in fact it’s a dump. Preservationists would fare better with a targeted approach rather than a blanket “save it” policy.
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Don't mistake me for one of those Preservationists. I'm just stating what I hope happens because I like our old buildings of most all types and conditions. I find very little a "dump" and can very easily see the value in a single decades old brick (you're talking to someone that went around to various well-known building demolitions downtown and grabbed piles of the rubble and bricks off the ground before they went to the dump.).
But I'm just becoming an Old now myself. I'm not going to try standing in the way of someone's private development. I agree that actual historic preservation needs a targeted approach in the grand scheme of things.
If these buildings ultimately meet the wrecking ball, I just think that would suck and would make our City less interesting. Old buildings are typically cooler and show better craftsmanship and overall building materials than new builds, height be damned.
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