Saturday, February 12, 2022

A loving gaze at Hussey Block

History on display
Saute Ste. Marie, ON
October 2021
This photo originally shared on Instagram


What is it about lovingly preserved historic buildings that touches us so?

I can't explain the appeal of buildings like this one, the Hussey Block in Sault Ste. Marie's downtown. Nor can I fully understand how a structure built long before any of us was born can silently attract our attention and prompt us to stop whatever it is that we're doing.

I've stopped counting how many times I've just stood there and stared.

I'm just glad every time I come across one of these places. Because it isn't a given that they'll still be here tomorrow.

Which, I guess, is a bit of a metaphor for the rest of our existence, then.

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Related:
Home of the Big Gulp, December 2011
Of times gone by, August 2008

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