Why is site preservation so important?
Preservation connects us to our history and helps us collectively shape the future of America’s story by saving the places where great moments from history and the important moments of our everyday lives took place. When historic buildings and neighborhoods are torn down or allowed to deteriorate, a part of our past disappears forever. When that happens, we lose history that helps us know who we are and we lose opportunities to live and work in a rich architectural environment that layers the past with the present. Preservation helps create lively, vital communities by sparking economic development, and helps save our earth’s natural resources by reusing what’s already been built.
When historic buildings and neighborhoods are torn down or allowed to deteriorate, a part of our past disappears forever. When that happens, we lose history that helps us know who we are and we lose opportunities to live and work in the kinds of interesting and attractive surroundings that older buildings can provide. Preservation creates better communities, helping traditional downtowns maintain their vitality and providing alternatives to sprawl.
Preservation connects us to our history and helps us collectively shape the future of America’s story by saving the places where great moments from history and the important moments of our everyday lives took place. When historic buildings and neighborhoods are torn down or allowed to deteriorate, a part of our past disappears forever. When that happens, we lose history that helps us know who we are and we lose opportunities to live and work in a rich architectural environment that layers the past with the present. Preservation helps create lively, vital communities by sparking economic development, and helps save our earth’s natural resources by reusing what’s already been built.
