On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 22:29:02 +0100 "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Street scenes from the Medina: > > > http://www.web-options.com/Medina/ > > > > > > Comments welcome. > > > Architecturally the place is very much on the lines of Ali Baba, but > it is crumbling and falling apart. As a World Heritage Site it > receives a lot of money from UNESCO for restoration, and there is a > lot of restoration going on. The worry is that the restoration removes > the soul of the place and just leaves a clean, Disneyfied version. > It's a difficult balance to maintain. somwhat a similar debate going on here. lots of old/heritage buildings are being converted to *star hotels. not just big palaces and forts as in Rajasthan but relatively smaller (smaller for those times) houses too. while some don't like the commercialisation of heritage for purposes of tourism, there are others who maintain that this is the only way to keep them alive. that otherwise they would get gobbled by the property sharks and get converted into concrete and glass.... nice photos Bob... regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
