[Winona Online Democracy]
At 12:41 PM 10/16/00 -0500, Duane Peterson responded to my earlier message:
>On the basis of a cost-benefit analysis we would not preserve any old
>buildings. None of them would pass the test. Is there nothing else to
>consider?
As much as you and I might wish otherwise, when communities are talking
about restoration and preservation the money is the proverbial 800-pound
gorilla: it becomes the focus of the conversation.
However, I don't necessrily agree with Duane that every old building would
fail the cost:benefit test. I think a plan which included high-use
restoration of the court house would stand a good chance of getting
community support. In the abstract, most people (even transplants like me)
want to preserve historic buildings in their communities; they just need to
be able to justify the big dollar signs. Many communities have found ways
to preserve their old buildings - I haven't seen the data, but I'll bet
dollars to donuts that the key feature was that those buildings were USED by
members of the community, not set aside as something to look at or for
offices which people consider obscure.
Ed Thompson
Ed's witty saying for this week:
"Madness takes it's toll; please have exact change"
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