Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Irony parking only.

A public service announcement produced by the National Trust for Historic Preservation a few years ago and distributed for use by Main Street organizations as part of a national media campaign.

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dan chandler said...

The video say, “When we lose a historic place, we lose a part of who we are.”

Jeff, can you explain the irony? The message of this video is “don’t tear down old buildings to build parking garages.” It’s not a “parking garages are always bad” video. RiverView’s construction will not destroy historic structures.

You can debate the extent to which RiverView will spur spin off redevelopment. Will additional shoppers, residents and workers spur enough traffic to make it economically viable to restore nearby historic buildings? I don’t know. But to the extent RiverView does that, it is consistent with the Historic Trust’s mission.

1:40 PM
G Coyle said...

"Will additional shoppers, residents and workers spur enough traffic to make it economically viable to restore nearby historic buildings? I don’t know."

you said no with your personal real estate, but say yes with fantasy real estate development that can't get off the ground without Government's help.

8:12 PM

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