tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post393068049784985780..comments2024-02-12T23:56:11.051-05:00Comments on Daytonology: A Historic Preservation ManifestoJeffereyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-78009263154937596442008-08-19T16:44:00.000-04:002008-08-19T16:44:00.000-04:00Jane, thank you for your post. Yes ,I would be ve...Jane, thank you for your post. Yes ,I would be very interested in the article. and thank you for offerting to send it. You can send it to Daytonpix2@yahoo.com. <BR/><BR/>Small world that there is this Dayton connection with you having had relatives here. <BR/><BR/>Depending on when you visited here you may not recognize the place as it has changed a lot, it seems.Jeffereyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-90104341472394768762008-08-19T13:52:00.000-04:002008-08-19T13:52:00.000-04:00jefferey,The folks at American Bungalow sent me a ...jefferey,<BR/><BR/>The folks at American Bungalow sent me a link to your post- if you like, I can send you a copy of the entire article.<BR/><BR/>I am fond of Dayton- my father's family was from southern Ohio, and my uncle's family lived in Dayton for years. We used to visit frequently before my family moved to California.<BR/><BR/>Blaming buildings for the ills associated with them seems to be universal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-27555438159757658752008-08-17T17:33:00.000-04:002008-08-17T17:33:00.000-04:00It did say it was "radical". The title looks to b...It did say it was "radical". The title looks to be a pun on Earth First leader Dave Forman"s "Confessions of a Eco-warrior".<BR/><BR/>I'm intrigued by what the entire article says (this apparently is just a part of it). <BR/><BR/>Some of those points are maybe more relevant to places like Sacramento, where there is development pressure in the old city. For a place like Dayton, the issue is loss to abandonment, where the city becomes vacant lots.Jeffereyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-80811056122290695132008-08-17T12:57:00.000-04:002008-08-17T12:57:00.000-04:00I can't agree with that manifesto. This idea that...I can't agree with that manifesto. This idea that the choices of one generation are privileged above all others is one I categorically reject. The world belongs to the living in usufruct. There is an obligation to not destroy it. On the other hand, one generation has no right to bind the next. The people who built those old buildings destroyed whatever was there before in order to create them. Why do why have any less rights than they did? We don't believe the social policies of previous eras are appropriate to this one. Why should we believe the built environment is as well?<BR/><BR/>This idea that we either have to pay deference to the past or, on the other hand, make huge sacrifices today in the name of amorphous future generations is crazy. In effect, we are saying be glad that previous generations didn't do what we are advocating that the present generation do today.<BR/><BR/>I believe in keeping the best of the past certainly, but think we need to have a forward looking vision of the our society. A backwards looking people are one who've proclaimed their best days are behind them.The Urbanophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094204641794131438noreply@blogger.com