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BLOG POST #2 Choose a quote from the South Carolina SHPO Quotes aboutpreservation. Write a short reflection about your quote and what meaning you believe it has today (200 words). Link above.
Mehran Sadiq
John D. Rosenberg, ed., The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings (New York: George Braziller, 1963), p. 132-33.
Ruskinâs quote form âThe Seven Lamps of Architectureâ to speaks about the beauty of age. We as people value a building through its age. Like an aged bottle of wine. The glory of the building is what itâs been through. All the different people that have walked through the ages, and all the different people that have touched its walls.
Today I think this quote can send for many things. To me it reminds me of different old but beautiful sites around the world, and people all over the world go and visit these sites. Generation after generation these sites have experienced people from all around the globe. For example the pyramidâs of Giza in Egypt. There glory is not only their magnificent size or there amazing engineering, but I think people value their age. We want to know the story throughout the ages on what happened within those pyramids. We want to know what these ancient buildings know. The quote makes us think about the different stories that have played out in these buildings and we want to know them. After the engineering and architecture we want to know what happened in these building. That is what gives a building glory.
âIt has been said that, at its best, preservation engages the past in a conversation with the present over a mutual concern for the futureâ
William Murtagh
Keeping Time: the History and Theory of Preservation in America [1988]
Historic preservation is architectural history. It is a movement in planning to conserve old buildings. It is a very positive factor to consider about green building. As opposed to beginning a new construction, the structure is reused. Despite of some criticisms regarding historic preservation whether it was the cost or location, historic preservation has been an important part of urban planning. Many cities and towns around the world have been able to save their structures and their history successfully so future generations can experience what the place might have looked like in the past. The past is what shapes the future so why not save the buildings and its uniqueness while maintaining its history and bringing it to life. Without a doubt there should not be any misunderstanding of preservation, generally speaking.
Bassem Elashrafi
Prof. Inna Guzenfield
Arch 3640
Fall 2014
HW #2
“They [buildings of past times] are not ours. They belong, partly to those
who built them, and partly to all the generations of mankind who are to
follow us. The dead have still their right in them: that which they laboured
for, the praise of achievement or the expression of religious feeling, or
whatsoever else it might be which in those buildings they intended to be
permanent, we have no right to obliterate. What we have ourselves built,
we are at liberty to throw down; but what other men gave their strength and
wealth and life to accomplish, their right over does not pass away with their
death; still less is the right to the use of what they have left vested in us
only. It belongs to all their successors. ”
John Ruskin
The Seven Lamps of Architecture
[1890]
Ruskin’s quote spoke volumes about what i believe in. The people who built these structures before us spent money, time, effort, and labor to build these structures. They were built for a reason whether that reason is still valid today or not is irrelevant. To make things simpler if after you pass away someone demolished a house you that you designed and built and spent your time and money on how would that make you feel? What we built we should be able to tear down if need be but what ever is previously built should be preserved and kept in their honor. Not only should historical structures be preserved to honor those who have come before us, they should also be preserved to save the historic, architectural, and aesthetic character and heritage of a community or area, and helps to provide a sense of place and continuity. New development make more and more places look the same, it’s important for communities to keep their identities intact. One or two striking historic buildings can help to define a community and hint at its past. Preserving historical structures can contribute to community pride, and help give a better understanding of the communityâs past to its present.
Ye Hwee
Every study of travel motivations has shown that an interest in the achievements of the past is among the three major reasons why people travel. The other two are rest or recreation and the desire to view great natural sights… Among cities with no particular recreational appeal, those that have substantially preserved their past continue to enjoy tourism.
Those that haven’t receive no tourism at all. It’s as simple as that. Tourism does not go to a city that has lost its soul.
Arthur Frommer
Preservation Forum
[1988]
There are many places we can travel to when we go on vacations. But most of us travel to the same places that are well known for famous tourist attractions or rich in cultural values. We donât want to travel the places that are similar to our home cities. As Frommer said we donât go to a city that has lost its soul and I believe city that has not yet found its soul. When I travel, I like to see the particular building or space that tells me a story of what happened during in its heydays.
I believe that is the reason why historic preservation is very important. Without the laws, regulations and most importantly the efforts, some of these historic sites and buildings such us the Colosseum, Parthenon, or Stone Henge will not exist today. Without it our generation will lose the understanding and sense of how we lived or what values we believed in. While picture can speak a thousand words, I rather stand within the walls of the Colosseum and try to feel and imagine back to the time when people were standing on the same path as me.
The quote by Rev. W.R. Bouknight III from the Bulletin of Trenholm Road United Methodist Church [1990] âA house is so much more than timber, cement and mortar. It is a love-structure which stores up memories. It is security, shelter, healing and peace. It is the shared joys, tears, dreams and heartbreaks of several generationsâ. While this quote is twenty four years old, I believe it still holds true. A house is a home, somewhere you feel safe with the people you love. A house is where you experience the good and the bad with your family. There are fights, there are hugs and there is unconditional love.
If I had to argue anything I may argue that maybe today not all houses are thought of this way; pieces of who we are and where we come from. I think this relates a lot to the fact that there are so many broken homes, and broken families; however this has always been true. Not every home is filled with love and understanding. However this is universal, we can find comfort in homes or disappointment.
I believe that what Bouknight is trying to say is that the materials of a home are not important, itâs the product of what comes out of that home. The family dinners served in that home, the birthdays shared, and the people lost. A house is a protective structure built for living, however it is also a structure which holds together a family, or friends.
“A house is so much more than timber, cement, and mortar. It is a love-structure which stores up memories. It is security, shelter, healing, and peace. It is the shared joys, tears, dreams, and heartbreaks of several generations.”
Rev. W.R. Bouknight, III
The only thing that embodies a structure, is our love and appreciation for it. If we lose interest in something, then it losses its value because structures are built by us and for us. Historic Buildings matters to us because it reminds us of events. Its stuck in a time capsule and whenever we want to revisit the past, we visit the site. Our past made us who we are today, something we would always look back on. Its does’nt matter what material or color, what matters is how dear it is to us.
I once helped build a tree house which collapsed a year later due to flimsy material. Even though its a lousy tree house, it holds much of my childhood memories. I agree with the quote.
âEvery study of travel motivations has shown that an interest in the achievements of the past is among the three major reasons why people travel. The other two are rest or recreation and the desire to view great natural sights⌠Among cities with no particular recreational appeal, those that have substantially preserved their past continue to enjoy tourism. Those that havenât receive no tourism at all. Itâs as simple as that. Tourism does not go to a city that has lost its soul.â By Arthur Frommer Preservation Forum [1988]
This Quote by Arthur I believe that truth. Tourism is built city on the concept of ecotourism and the main focus is placed on sustainable use of the natural and cultural attractions which are the foundation of cityâs tourism. They are visiting a place as a tourist and trying to make only a positive impact on the environment, society and economy which as well as empowering the local communities to benefit from tourism. They can involve primary transportation to the general location, local transportation, accommodations, entertainment, recreation, nourishment and shopping. It can be related to travel for leisure, business. The money invested into our local economy by tourists circulates throughout our economy several times over, providing an ongoing economic impact that would disappear entirely without tourism.
Preservation is preserving a place as it is in the present. Houses, commercial and industrial buildings, barns, bridges, monuments and structure that has some historical value or significance. New York City’s the world’s most recognizable, cherished landmarks and attractions; are Times Square and Central Park to the Empire State Building and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the island of Manhattan packs more famous icons into one compact area than any other place on earth.
Modern religious tourists are more able to visit holy cities and holy sites around the world. The most famous holy cities are Mecca, Madinah, Armenia-Ejmiatsin, Karbala, Jerusalem and Varanasi. The most famous holy sites are the Kaaba, Rauza of Imam Husain at Karbala, Church of the Nativity, The Western Wall and the Brahma Temple at Pushkar. Religious tourism, also commonly referred to as faith tourism, is a type of tourism, where people travel individually or in groups for pilgrimage, missionary, or leisure purposes.
The motivations for people travel to an interest places are true the three reasons from the quote the past like historical religious, attractions surrounding inspires views and relax leisure living.
“It has been said that, at its best, preservation engages the past in a
conversation with the present over a mutual concern for the future.”
William Murtagh, Keeping Time” The History and Theory of Preservation in America (1988)
In this quote it made me reflect on the past the present and the future. The past is what makes the present happen and what will make the future look like. I believe that this quote best explains how the past is the greatest influence towards what the future would look like. In this quote they compare the time frames as people. The past and the present being kind of the parents and the future being the child which is influenced by everything that is said and done by the past and the present. In relation to historic preservation this is a perfect reason on to why some structures need to be preserved. The future needs to have a source to look back and reflect on its progression through time. It is a sort of therapeutically analysis of finding the reason to why something is the way it is and if it was the right or wrong thing to be done. Preserving and having the past still be a part of the present helps with developing the future at a much easier scale. Being able to connect these times frames and relate them they way they should be related would help our future generations be able to understand and learn and create better things for the future.
Prof. Inna Guzenfield
Fall 2014
HWK #2
It has been said that, at its best, preservation engages the past in a conversation with the present over a mutual concern for the future. William Muztagh Keeping Time: the History and Theory of Preservation in America [1988]. This quote, in my judgment summarizes what is indeed the purpose of preservation. Many view preservation as a blockade to progress in the sense that preservationist arenât forward thinkers. Many, for lack of better word consider anti-preservationist as unsympathetic, demolition ready wrecking ball. From Muztagh quote, he intends on the past and the present works, ideology, technology understand each other for the betterment of the future not just architecturally, but daily life. Walking through my neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant, Iâm able to experience decades of architecture through the material, texture, technology and design. The future is the product of the past + the present. Imagine 25 years from now a boy walks down Seventh and Eighth Avenues from 31st to 33rd Streets with his mother and asks her âwhat is going on over here?â she replies âoh, the Madison square garden is being demolished for a grand train terminal.â He would then be curious to know what the Madison square garden is. Only to aquest knowledge of its existence through testimonies and pictures. That is what I feel at present, as I will never know what it feels like to experience the original Penn station in its splendor.
The quote that I found most interesting was the quote in âThe Seven Lamps of Architectureâ by John Ruskin. I fully agree, according to events, a building is made history not by the way it was built or how it looks, itâs about what happened in that place in the past. It is how the building maintained itself and saw all of its phases and what was done inside or around it. It remains like a sculpture of reminder for the current generation to acknowledge it. It is probably the strongest evidence due to the fact that people receive an emotional feeling from the past once they know what happened in the space once experiencing the space. He sais âit is in the golden stain of time, that we are to look for the real light, and color, and preciousness of architecture. A building with history does not take up its full character until humanity has gone and lived through the building. It is then, after itâs has sustained, its standing is very well appreciated. It is interesting how Ruskin almost relates a building to a well friend of humanity. If the people suffer, so does the building or place. Whatever people go through at the time, the place of history also experiences the same, and it is a true blue print of time.
Kenny Alvear
Prof. Inna Guzenfield
Arch 3640
Fall 2014
“A house is so much more than, timber, cement, and mortar.It is a love-structure which stores up memories. It is security, shelter, healing, and peace. It is shared joys, tears, dreams, and heartbreaks of several generations.
Rev. W.R. Bouknight, III
Bulletin of Trenholm Road United Methodist Church [1990]
Truer words could not be spoken. A house is not simply a structure to sleep in and store property. It is the people that live in it and experience a warm bond in a lifetime that define houses into homes. People live countless memories in their homes throughout the years and consider their home a fort or an area of security, peace, and refuge. There are families that have lived in one home for generations and pass on all the good vibes, experiences and memories that the house contains. It is sad when families are stripped of their homes in order to make way for economic interests or interests that are simply not as deep and crucial as a relic home for generations to come. An ex presidents home is no more special than a house that has sheltered 2 or 3 generations of a family. There is sentiment, there is love, there are priceless memories in homes that money cannot buy nor can they be compensated. It is these homes, rich of heritage and tradition, that should be preserved, for they contain history, present, and future stories to share with the world and the descendants of the future generations. There is a saying that goes “if these walls could speak”, and they do, when a father shares his experiences with a son and then a grandson. Within a home, traditions are born and not only will this structure be maintained by those it shelters and protects, but it will forever preserve the memories and lives of the past joys and dreams.
In john Ruskin’s quote in “The Seven Lamps Of Architecture” written in the 1890’s clearly enlightens the glory of the old classical monumental structures, and how they age and stand still until today after forbearance of harsh weather and climatic factors. These buildings hold the voices of people who accommodated them through time . The people who helped built them in times when such things were impossible to built, also these monuments have a sentimental attachment to those who lost their lives building them for the well being of their future generations. Then it gets surpassed to their generations to protect its interests and well being because such monuments represent time capsule and memorabilia of their fame and glory for us demolishing them would wipe out a cultural heritage and loss of a generations embedded hard work.