tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post7246757454257247897..comments2024-03-28T08:58:30.675-04:00Comments on Passion for the Past: Save Our HistoryHistorical Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04979801752112100293noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post-82108390879180453102012-11-08T18:44:59.761-05:002012-11-08T18:44:59.761-05:00From Debra DiFranco:
I bought and am restoring an...From Debra DiFranco:<br /> I bought and am restoring an old house as a way to hold on to a preserve the past. I mourn the loss of every old building and cheer those who save them.<br /><br />Your story of the school hit home. They tore down a school in Brockton and the demo was held up (as well as the opening of the new school they built next door) because they wanted to take out everything they could and repurpose it. When they took down the building, the doors, knobs, hinges, radiators,flooring was all saved. Though it was sad to see the school go...at least they tried to do something right...Other schools which closed once the last of the baby boomers passed through the system, were repurposed into day care centers, and apartments.<br /><br />In my town of Abington I found a good listing of houses that were schools and even shoe factories which are today single family homes. Still standing and looking almost the same. Abington isn't as hateful of it's old buildings, we have so many, but are great for stripping out the woods and putting in spit-and-cardboard McMansions. They are taking away the small town feel... I am glad I am on a dead end and my back yard borders conservation land. This was a perk in deciding to the buy the house.Historical Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979801752112100293noreply@blogger.com