Wilma asked me to forward this to the listserv. (I'm not in this one y-all !) S.
-----Original Message----- From: Wilma de Soto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:48 AM To: S. Sharrieff Ali Subject: Historic Please forward this to the listserv for me. Thanks Were there not also Mews-Prototypes built on the 4400 block of Osage Ave. as well...or are you just picking on those of us on 45th St, because you like the people who live in them on Osage.? If ours are wrong, theirs are also wrong and should have been mentioned in your post. At least these houses won design awards when they were built. One cannot say that for many other houses in the area. Wilma de Soto On 12/5/02 6:20 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would urge everyone who wonders why we need a local historic district in > Spruce Hill to go to Alan Krigman's new web site. He has made the best > argument in favor of an historic district that I've seen so far, although > that was not his intention. > > On his website, click on his second section, called <<2. Discussion of > buildings gratuitously classified as contributing to the architectural > character of the neighborhood in the Spruce Hill "nomination.">> > > Then go through it, page by page, and look at his photos (which he's cropped > in most cases to show only the altered parts of the buildings) and read his > descriptions of what people have done to these buildings in the last thirty > years or so. While viewing, remember that the nomination process began 15 > years ago, soon after the earlier of these atrocities had been created and > prior to the later remuddlings. > > No one could make a better case for the need for a local historic district > than Al has made with this information. > > And yes, these now-unfortunate buildings, still being of the same age, size > and proportions as their more fortunate neighbors, would be called > "contributing." We still need them to help tell the story! Think of what > would happen if they were removed from the picture and there were instead > more empty lots - it would be much harder to envision the neighborhood as it > was originally built! Or, think of what would happen if totally new > buildings were built in these spots! That's what "Non-Contributing" means, > and below I've copied a "Non-Contributing" example from the inventory of the > West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District. It's the 1962 > "Mews-Prototype" houses built on 45th St. "Non-Contributing" means that they > are from the wrong era, not that someone has done a remuddling of the > original which could be reversed by a later owner: > > <<407-409 South 45 St. > Maurice Hertzfeld, developer > c.1962 > Two, two-story, two-bay, brick, modern, semi-detached houses, flat roof, > ground floor garages, large front garden areas with large trees surrounded by > brick retaining wall. 2 Non-Contributing.>> > > Thank you, Al, for providing us with your list. > > Melani Lamond > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
