No longer the same
London, ON, March 2009
About this photo: It's "Windows on the world" week all week long. If you'd like to share your own windowed photo for Thematic Photographic, please click here.This building keeps calling me. I first shot its old, nearly-abandoned beauty a couple of years back. When I returned on a cold, late winter late afternoon, it hadn't really changed all that much.
No more. I drove by a few months back and the building, whose second floor had long been forgotten - a common thing in downtown London, apparently...pity - was being rebuilt. A quick glance through the structure confirmed that it wouldn't look any thing like its old self once the cladding came down. I smiled at the prospect of old buildings being lovingly restored, and made a mental note to return with my camera.
Your turn: Why do we preserve old buildings?
Lovely shot. Such pretty colors and textures.
ReplyDeleteOld buildings have so much more character than the glass boxes they build these days. I love looking at all the ornate detail of the old buildings. Nobody would take the time to do that kind of work these days.
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I think we preserve old buildings so that we can keep in touch with the past. Old buildings have so much more detail and character, and in many cases it seems like more work, sweat and tears, as well as more thought, went into them. That's not necessarily the case, but the romantic in me likes to think that these buildings were meant to stand the test of time and will remain forever. Some people do take up the charge, and save these building, while others disappear into rubble. Hardly a fitting end for some of these majestic buildings.
ReplyDeleteI think we preserve old buildings so that we can keep in touch with the past. Old buildings have so much more detail and character, and in many cases it seems like more work, sweat and tears, as well as more thought, went into them. That's not necessarily the case, but the romantic in me likes to think that these buildings were meant to stand the test of time and will remain forever. Some people do take up the charge, and save these building, while others disappear into rubble. Hardly a fitting end for some of these majestic buildings.
ReplyDeletequite obviously people preserve old building so that folks like me can stroll along and stare at them for hours on end
ReplyDeletethen walk away again