A big controversy here on the main line is that some folks bought a historic and absolutely gorgeous house in Bryn Mawr...and plan to tear it down.
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As a Californian, I simply cannot relate to historic buildings. My question is, how did it last so long without becomning a strip mall? What a waste of good retail space!
In reality, you wouldn't be able to tear down a building that old here in California, more than likely, without doing at least some mitigation for the historical loss (no joke).
The interesting thing about where we live is that it has been protected from strip malls and huge chain stores. To get to Lowe's, Costco, etc., we have to drive to what I think of as the suburbs of the suburbs. All of this I suppose is to preserve the history of the area. This is also the reason why we have very narrow roads, with many one way routes.
That home reminds me of the old Uniroyal Tire factory on the 5 in L.A. (now The Citadel Outlet Mall). Truly beauty is in the wallet of the beholder. I remember Ted Turner defending the colorization of B&W classic films by saying something like, "Picasso doesn't mean squat to me." Too bad the well-healed often have all the power and don't care to consider the barefoot masses' desires.
Incidentally, my family and I recently had a tour of a 135-year-old home here in Ventura county. It was an amazing trip and included a collection of antique phonographs and gramophones. We heard an original Edison cylinder on an original Edison gramophone. Children need to be exposed to local history in order to develop a sense of place, or else it's all about how far away Walmart is.
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As a Californian, I simply cannot relate to historic buildings. My question is, how did it last so long without becomning a strip mall? What a waste of good retail space!
In reality, you wouldn't be able to tear down a building that old here in California, more than likely, without doing at least some mitigation for the historical loss (no joke).
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Incidentally, my family and I recently had a tour of a 135-year-old home here in Ventura county. It was an amazing trip and included a collection of antique phonographs and gramophones. We heard an original Edison cylinder on an original Edison gramophone. Children need to be exposed to local history in order to develop a sense of place, or else it's all about how far away Walmart is.
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