tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post115311335527065892..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: What Do You Give Louis Sullivan for his 150th Birthday - How About One Less Surviving Building?Lynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1155147659062653672006-08-09T13:20:00.000-05:002006-08-09T13:20:00.000-05:00You are giving the reader a bad name. Check your ...You are giving the reader a bad name. Check your facts next time Lynn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1155147583015541822006-08-09T13:19:00.000-05:002006-08-09T13:19:00.000-05:00You are not a journalist.You are not a journalist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1153672049824750192006-07-23T11:27:00.000-05:002006-07-23T11:27:00.000-05:00"Classic battle between clout and culture" is a sp..."Classic battle between clout and culture" is a specific viewpoint position that doesnt help the cause of preservation at all. It is a rant, not an argument and it represents a viewpoint that doesnt recognize the real issue. It implies a rabid attidude reminiscent of the colledge socialist manifestos of the radical 60's, a turn-off to the very people who can help make preservation work.<BR/><BR/>The real issue is whether the economic costs of preservation are paid by the entire society, or by the individual owner of a property deemed to be of cultural value. <BR/><BR/>Attacking the owners as anti-culture is simply divisive and an irrelevant point. It is not a conflict between good people and evil people. What we have is a failure of the preservation movement to convince the general population to pay the costs of preserving cultural properties.<BR/><BR/>Resorting to villifying and punishing individual property owners is counterproductive and doomed to long term failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com