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April 18, 2005
At the Threshold
Here's an interesting take on preservation, tying it with sustainability:
"A Cornerstone of Preservation ~ Sustainability"
Dr. Olin Ivey on 18 April 2005 wrote:
Preservation is a cornerstone of sustainability. Though many people in their mind’s eye limit preservation to merely buildings, it includes buildings, land, and neighborhoods. These can be interconnected though sometimes one of them stands alone in being preserved. An example of the latter is the Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee. As the PBS site, American Experience, describes it:
The Rhea County Courthouse, built in 1891 in Dayton, Tennessee, is where two legendary public figures, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, squared off over evolution. Much of the courthouse remains as it was in 1925, and the courtroom is still used today. The building, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977 [emphasis mine], also houses a museum dedicated to the famous trial.
Such a landmark preservation can often become the anchor to a larger initiative to preserve, in this case, the old center of town with its buildings and layout preserved. Covington, Georgia, is an example of that, helped out by the filming there of In the Heat of the Night. CLICK TO READ ON
Posted by wjbailes at April 18, 2005 01:16 PM
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