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Message started by arteacher on 06/18/14 at 12:56:07

Title: time machine...
Post by arteacher on 06/18/14 at 12:56:07

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/06/scenes-from-d-day-then-and-now/100752/

Title: Re: time machine...
Post by Serowbot on 06/18/14 at 16:31:42

I love that kind of stuff...
Nice to see how beautiful these places are now, and mostly unchanged...;)...

Title: Re: time machine...
Post by arteacher on 06/18/14 at 17:28:32

I was surprised to see that the buildings were repaired instead of replaced, as they would have been in the US or Canada.

Title: Re: time machine...
Post by mpescatori on 06/19/14 at 04:11:20

2823232A2629283233470 wrote:

I was surprised to see that the buildings were repaired instead of replaced, as they would have been in the US or Canada.

When made of lumber, a building is more easily torn down and rebuilt, than restored.

When made of masonry, a building will still stand proud even after one or more hits, and is waiting to be restored.

Masonry is so solid, it just lives on and on... in fact, some places are so old, you'll find people built their homes inside the city walls !!!

http://www.mondimedievali.net/castelli/Lazio/roma/pratica02.jpg

Title: Re: time machine...
Post by arteacher on 06/19/14 at 09:13:36

I think there is more to it than choice of building materials. I think that Europeans have a greater sense of history, and a greater attachment to it, because it is much older, and because of that, much more ingrained in their lives. The oldest building in my city was built in 1827.