tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post112966000226946542..comments2023-10-10T03:39:50.342-05:00Comments on A Little Urbanity: Something for Us Preservationists to Chew OnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1129963051459579022005-10-22T01:37:00.000-05:002005-10-22T01:37:00.000-05:00Agreed that if (in a high-demand area) you freeze ...Agreed that if (in a high-demand area) you freeze appearance then other aspects of the neighborhood will change instead - e.g. an "inauthentic present" of the older and more affluent, pushing younger people and families out. I doubt that there's a way around this, short of creating more such areas.<BR/><BR/>> a sentimental and historicist vision of how cities work<BR/><BR/>How is "sentimental" different from "evokes feelings of comfort and appreciation"? this *does* make a city work, or at least it helps.<BR/><BR/>Also, worth "thinking in tree time", to consider what will work in future - after peak oil, new urbanists are more likely to thrive than exurbians.<BR/><BR/>AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1129823833283112152005-10-20T10:57:00.000-05:002005-10-20T10:57:00.000-05:00Good points from both of you.Jim, I too wrestled w...Good points from both of you.<BR/><BR/>Jim, I too wrestled with the NYT article and coulnd't get a handle on the writer's point of view.<BR/><BR/>He seemed hostile to the new urbanism (dismissing it as a "a sentimental and historicist vision of how cities work." <BR/><BR/>Huh. Well, I've seen some new urbanist neighborhoods that were working very well right now. And what's wrong with a little sentimentality? But there's nothing <I>inherent</I> in new urbanism that's sentimental -- as I understand it, it's simply drawing on the things that have worked in cities for millennia.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, you might be surprised to know that G'boro's Historic District Design Guidelines don't require new infill buildings to look historic. A good example of one such house that doesn't look at all old-fashioned is Carl Myatt's house in Fisher Park. Or the new house across the street from me, for that matter.<BR/><BR/>But the guidelines do require certain design elements, as you say, that helps to harmonize them with the neighborhood.David Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251439852685796681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1129822891466195682005-10-20T10:41:00.000-05:002005-10-20T10:41:00.000-05:00The one thing that bothers me about historic neigh...The one thing that bothers me about historic neighborhoods is the fear of the eclectic. Preserve existing structures. But when infilling on open lots, don't require faux historic. The counterpoint of a well designed new building next to a historic structure complements the historic building and emphasizes its historic nature. However, by all means, require that new structures are in other ways appropriate to the neighborhood (proper footprint, in a neighborhood like Aycock no attached garages). We can preserve our past without becoming bogged down in trying to recreate it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1129743543174650282005-10-19T12:39:00.000-05:002005-10-19T12:39:00.000-05:00I couldn't follow the NYT article. Preservation i...I couldn't follow the NYT article. Preservation is good, but the costs can't be ignored. Faux preservation, creating new developments made to appear like historic neighborhoods is not necessarily good. The NYT article does a poor job of differentiating the two. Check out <A HREF="http://jimcaserta.blogspot.com/2005/10/trip-to-savannah.html" REL="nofollow">my post</A> related to yours.jimcasertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07599825260220591595noreply@blogger.com