Hopefully our friends across the ocean have a better grasp of preserving history than we often do here in Canada:
So many historic buildings get bulldozed across Canada, although I will admit not that many with the grand history of an institution like Abbey Road Studios. I do remember amazing old buildings in Winnipeg that fell to the wrecker’s ball – I’m not even sure some of those had a chance at surviving – the space was needed for generic office buildings.
I just read a story yesterday about historic prairie grain elevators that are being demolished, even though there’s not that many left.
Even the U.S. can let a few gems slide through the cracks – although they generally revere their historic buildings. Not so much in Las Vegas though, where some of the most legendary hotels & casinos have been imploded to build mega-joints. The Sands, The Dunes – smaller showrooms than we’re used to seeing now, but some of them at one time housed The Rat Pack – they couldn’t build the new facilities around those??
Aaargh…
Chow for now!!
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Sad to say that a recent fire took one of the last (if not the last) historic grain elevators that was currently being renovated to include a gift shop, etc.
And again more recently, an old hotel in a small town being restored that went up in smoke.
Sad for those towns.
It's just wrong - they don't do that in Europe!!
Although, do they have any prairie grain elevators in Europe???
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