And what of those people who have historic homes on their properties, but are conveniently listed as vacant lots in the county assessment? My family's circa 1840s farmstead (with Greek Revival house long abandoned and neglected, but still standing) is on 44 acres of Marcellus Shale rich land in Robinson. It's identified by the county as a vacant lot.
Property ownership often falls to a group of relatives after the occupant dies, and when no one can make a concise decision, or is divided in their argument on what to do with it, it sits. If the owners aren't interested in an historic structure that stands on their property, why let it rot?
Preservationists aren't archaic creatures stuck in the past. The difference is that we see the economic potential in rehabilitation and reuse where others just want to demolish and throw up a cookie cutter piece of crap. And not to beat a dead horse, but there were feasible ways to reuse the Igloo, and the city did itself and its residents a great injustice on that one (along with St. Nicholas and so many others).
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Property ownership often falls to a group of relatives after the occupant dies, and when no one can make a concise decision, or is divided in their argument on what to do with it, it sits. If the owners aren't interested in an historic structure that stands on their property, why let it rot?
Preservationists aren't archaic creatures stuck in the past. The difference is that we see the economic potential in rehabilitation and reuse where others just want to demolish and throw up a cookie cutter piece of crap. And not to beat a dead horse, but there were feasible ways to reuse the Igloo, and the city did itself and its residents a great injustice on that one (along with St. Nicholas and so many others).