I'm not disapointed, I think it takes a hell of a lot of courage to stand up the Brooklyn-industrial-preservation-complex. I would offer that just about anywhere in brooklyn is a better place to site a huge industrial building than on the water, obstructing views and preventing recreation. This idea that because something is old means it is sacred is a fetish. The city should serve the people who live in it and not merely serve as an homage to those who came before. If you want to preserve the industrial past, why don't you do it on the cheap in one of the rust belt cities?
I'm not disapointed, I think it takes a hell of a lot of courage to stand up the Brooklyn-industrial-preservation-complex. I would offer that just about anywhere in brooklyn is a better place to site a huge industrial building than on the water, obstructing views and preventing recreation. This idea that because something is old means it is sacred is a fetish. The city should serve the people who live in it and not merely serve as an homage to those who came before. If you want to preserve the industrial past, why don't you do it on the cheap in one of the rust belt cities?
Posted by: Buttons at April 18, 2008 9:58 AM in response to Another Old Burg Beaut Biting the Dust