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