Comments on NOPNA: City’s survey of historic buildings expands

I don't read anything in the post or article about...

2006-01-30T10:09:00.000-08:00

I don't read anything in the post or article about 'pretty' buildings, or anything about how a building looks. This is about preserving history, in whatever shape that takes. This is also about giving people like yourself a chance to share your opinion.

This is about cleaning up the bureaucratic mess that is the planning process, and bring the 'battle' to the beginning of the process, rather than the end.

What constitutes a historic building? A building o...

2006-01-29T19:04:00.000-08:00

What constitutes a historic building? A building of character with all its Victorian trimmings?

There are also plenty of has-been buildings that are technically "Victorian" but were brutally "modernized" and has since lost their historic charm. A hint to see what a building did look like is to look on the side of the building. Usually, the Victorian trimwork is still intact in those areas.

Those buildings should also be considered on a case-by-case basis as historic if the interiors are not destroyed as well.

Then again, even pretty historic buildings that look good outside could have been gutted and modernized too.

I always said this was a good idea. Get out and m...

2006-01-03T10:01:00.000-08:00

I always said this was a good idea. Get out and make a good list of what you want to save so we don't have to go through the fight each and every time.