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http://www.theamer...uildings-teach-us/
Didn't read it yet, wanted to share first. WARNING: righty blog.
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tl;dr he roasts the way people rather build new things than preserve things that are already built, gentrification and capitalism
He also made us sound fancy:
"In addition to formal historians and historic preservationists, there is another group of people who understand this. There is no name for them, exactly—they are a combination of urban geographers and urban explorers. They are hobbyists who photograph and document the history of abandoned or repurposed buildings, often piecing together the old geographical reach of forgotten chain stores or gleaning insights about the changes in certain retail industries or in the layout of neighborhoods."
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Overall positive read and brought out some interesting points I hadn't thought about when considering UE, namely changing of the built environment doesn't have to be viewed as negative. Yeah, the Lord and Taylor store that was downtown is now Discount Barn but the folks who own Discount Barn are having their go at the capitalist dream, nuttin' wrong with that. Things change, people move on, it isn't all doom and gloom (though for me, yeah it's all doom and gloom).
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Posted by G to the Race
Didn't read it yet, wanted to share first. WARNING: righty blog.
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meh, don't you think you should read it first before posting it here?
If you don't read it...
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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That was actually a pretty good article. I especially liked his ending:
The lesson to learn from this is not that humans are unexceptional, or that economic determinism rules the day. It is that human civilization is both uniquely beautiful and uniquely fragile, and therefore uniquely worth preserving.-Addison Del Mastro
I feel that it pretty well sums up why a lot of us do go out and visit these abandoned areas.
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Isn't there some prophecy that says man will turn from saving the natural environment to saving the techno-environment?
Instead of saving the whales and protecting the rainforest we will endeavor to save the peelzor paint and preserve the lonely chairs for posterity.
We have come full circle..
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Posted by 2Xplorations
Isn't there some prophecy that says man will turn from saving the natural environment to saving the techno-environment?
Instead of saving the whales and protecting the rainforest we will endeavor to save the peelzor paint and preserve the lonely chairs for posterity.
We have come full circle..
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Do we not do that already? Car museums, computer museums, science museums, pop culture museums, historical societies, and anyone else who collects older technology all endeavor to preserve past stepping stones.
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You know, when I first saw the word "Conservative," I was prepared for another attempt to politicize urban exploration with partisan arguments that have no place here. After reading the article, I was pleasantly surprised. Instead of controversial politics, I instead found a quite musing on remembering the past. T'was a good read.
"Sorry, I didn't know I'm not supposed to be here," he said, knowing full well he wasn't supposed to be there.
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Posted by 2Xplorations
Isn't there some prophecy that says man will turn from saving the natural environment to saving the techno-environment?
Instead of saving the whales and protecting the rainforest we will endeavor to save the peelzor paint and preserve the lonely chairs for posterity.
We have come full circle..
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Man is evolving exponentially through his mind and his ability to store and share information, thoughts, discoveries and culture.
Man, apex tool user; apex species.
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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Wow that library in Chicago looks super cool. All those books forgotten...
Are we living a life that is safe from harm? Of course not, we never are. But that's not the right question. The question is, are we living a life that is worth the harm? |
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