The Empire State Building stands on the site of the original
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, which was demolished to make way for the Empire
State.
I disagree with you in respect to this house, though. It is being replaced
with a giant hole in the ground (a limestone quarry), not a new building.
Also, you have to understand that even if it were being replaced by a
modern house, the houses built today in the United States are the ugliest,
most culturally empty, vile things that one could imagine. No beauty or
individuality, just soul-crushing ugliness and conformity (the house would
look like every other one on the street). Not only that, but they're built
to the lowest standards of quality imaginable. Several builders have
admitted to me that they design the houses to last just 30 yrs, on the
assumption that no one lives in a house that long anyway without moving.
The house in the photo was probably built in the late 19th century, and it
is still structurally sound.
There are already 6 limestone quarries in the county; one of them is the
deepest in the state. Do we really need another?
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On 4/7/13 1:28 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>The photo is good. As for the other comment, I disagree. This is just an
>ordinary old house, nothing special IMO. Just because something is old
>does not mean that it is worth preserving. If people in the past had just
>wanted to preserve THEIR past, we would not have many of our iconic
>buildings today...what was on the site before the Empire State Building
>was built, for example? Should it have been preserved instead?
>
>Cities (and human landscape in general) are dynamic. They change and
>evolve. London's skyline has changed enormously the past 20 years. The
>additions have mostly improved the city. And so it goes.
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>Cheers,
>Nathan
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>Nathan Wajsman
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>On Apr 6, 2013, at 4:34 PM, DZDub wrote:
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>> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Chris Crawford
>><chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> wrote:
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>>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1619
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>>> I shot this Thursday evening.
>>>
>>
>> Two things:
>>
>> I'm glad you got a photo of the house. The sky is a little darker
>>than I
>> am used to in your photos (which is neither here not there), but I like
>>the
>> light on the building itself. It's beautiful.
>>
>> Secondly -- an extra-photographic comment -- it breaks my heart to see a
>> grand old house like that fall out of repair and bite the dust. Nothing
>> that comes back in its place will compare.
>>
>> Joel W.
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