Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Monday, June 26, 2006

Re: Preservation keeps D.C.’s historic assets

That enlightened developer that I mentioned (I do know one more enlightened developer, actually), here's his reaction to what I wrote:

Like every other property condition (i.e., site contamination, title, etc.), historic is just one more thing that a developer should do its due diligence on and should not assume something is not historic just because it has not been landmarked.

Wow. Brief and to the point. (I can learn a lesson from this.)

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