Historic Preservation Moves to the Suburbs

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Historic Preservation Moves to the Suburbs

Postby newsposter » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:32 pm

Historic Preservation Moves to the Suburbs
Thanks to www.planetizen.com

Fri, 2006-10-20 11:00

As post-war development reaches 50 years of age, preservationists and local officials in Arlington, Texas, grapple with the question of what to preserve.

"Is there really anything 'historic' about cookie-cutter subdivisions? And if the ubiquitous tract house is worth saving — well, what then? Is the rest of postwar suburbia — McDonald’s, strip malls and motels — also headed for the National Register of Historic Places?

Story: http://www.governing.com/articles/10modern.htm
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