The Deleted Scenes - Nothing But the Chimney
I’ve always found abandoned buildings fascinating. They were, I think, the first built-environment-related interest I ever had, long before I knew anything about urban planning. The first urbanist-ish article I ever wrote imagined the abandonment of a little landmark motel not far from where I grew up. And not far into my writing career, I followed that up with a sort of sequel on “the wisdom of abandoned buildings”:
In other words, historic preservation not as an end in itself, but a means to preserve and transmit cultural memory and a sense of deep time and humility in those of us who inhabit a place right now... Subscribe to The Deleted Scenes to read the rest.Become a paying subscriber of The Deleted Scenes to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content. A subscription gets you:
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