CONSERVATION: Conserving culture


	CONSERVATION: Conserving culture

arifsali

4-8-2008 5:41 PM

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In North America, when a building passes the hundred-year mark, there's a good chance that a plaque will be put on it. We don't have much antiquity here, and if there's a building that our grandparents remember from their youth we'll probably fight tooth and nail so that our children will be able to see it. Sure, part of the zeal comes from a desire to keep up the scenery, but there is more to it than that. Such buildings connect us to our past and in doing so enrich our culture-making the price tag to save them well worth our tax dollars. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://media.www.mcgilltribune.com/media/storage/paper234/news/2008/04/08/AE/Conservation.Conserving.Culture-3309849.shtml">
But some other parts of the world don't have the wealth we do to spend on urban conservation and as a result, even older and more significant architecture is left to rot. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://media.www.mcgilltribune.com/media/storage/paper234/news/2008/04/08/AE/Conservation.Conserving.Culture-3309849.shtml">
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