A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[rogruth]

Savannah, Georgia was tearing down the old and someone convinced the powers that be that old could make Savannah an attraction.
So old is still in place with a lot of new and lots of tourist money rolling in.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Savannah, Georgia was tearing down the old and someone convinced the powers that be that old could make Savannah an attraction.

SCAD?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In the USA, we seem to want only new and tear down the old.

Costs a lot of money to maintain some of those old buildings and there's only so much money available.

[rogruth]

The preservation actually started pre SCAD. Scad has contributed greatly to preservation. They have saved and rebuilt many buildings but are
regularly criticized for paying litle or no taxes because they are a tax exempt educational business. The city spent many dollars and years on trying to rebuild an old theater but never finished. Eventually it was finished by SCAD at less cost and it is used quite often.
SCAD is the Savannah College of Art and Design. It is the largest higher ed school in Savannah.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The preservation actually started pre SCAD. Scad has contributed greatly to preservation. They have saved and rebuilt many buildings but are
regularly criticized for paying litle or no taxes because they are a tax exempt educational business. The city spent many dollars and years on trying to rebuild an old theater but never finished. Eventually it was finished by SCAd at less cost and it is used quite often.
SCAD is the Savannah College of Art and Design. It is the largest higher ed school in Savannah.

SCAD does seem to be rather successful at what it does. How are they tax exempt? Actually a non-profit?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

In the USA, we seem to want only new and tear down the old.

Costs a lot of money to maintain some of those old buildings and there's only so much money available.

True.

[Tom Dempsey]

They sure built things to last, back then; too bad we didn't let many of them last.

In Europe, an entire economy is built upon tourists wanting to see old buildings, craftwork, and art, the older the better.

In the USA, we seem to want only new and tear down the old.

They also have a 2500 year head start on buildings over there.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They sure built things to last, back then; too bad we didn't let many of them last.

In Europe, an entire economy is built upon tourists wanting to see old buildings, craftwork, and art, the older the better.

In the USA, we seem to want only new and tear down the old.

They also have a 2500 year head start on buildings over there.

And an equal amount of time to destroy them........cannibalize them..........

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Train Wreck in Enterprise, Pa

[healey36]

That guy in the gray raincoat looks like he’s wearing a ten-gallon bowler hat, lol.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That guy in the gray raincoat .....

The Doctor

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Alec Thompson and hound of Tionesta, Pa at home.

[robert.]

Nothing about that photo says you should knock on that mans front door. In my 30’s that is how I wanted to live. With my dog alone in a small shed . Away from people in Montana. People have not changed but I’m glad I did.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Several times, in my youth and in adulthood, I have come across men living like that in the various forests I have traversed. All were pleasant. The dogs, not so much so.

A couple years ago, when the winter was beginning to close-in on an area Upstate NY, I left a bagged comforter and some tools and medical supplies at the doorstep of one such establishment. From then on, even many months later, I always got a cheerful wave from the man when I passed by, even years later. I'm not sure how he knew it was I who left the stuff for him because it seemed like he was not at-home at the time. But it sure was fun to take the chance and try.

When I was a boy, roaming the forests of the Pittsburgh area, almost every day, my mother would have me take well-wrapped sandwiches to where I knew "The Man of the Woods," as he was called by the neighborhood, held camp , and leave them close-by. That was fun, too. I could "sense" him being around when I hiked by, but only actually saw whom I assumed to be he on just one occasion.

[Mitch]

We had a guy like that in Freeport too. Toughest old bird you ever saw in your life. I know his name but won't print it here. He was buried by the government with no family at all. WWII survivor, then worked on the river on towboats 'til he was about 68 or so. Lived in a cave up by Lock #5 above Freeport, just off the old Shawmut line. He was of course an alcoholic, but was suited to working on the river as they'd do three weeks on, then one off. He was always ready for work after that week off. He may have had a small pension from the Riverboat Co., and a small SS check. Knew near everybody in town, and most everybody knew him. Part of America's Greatest Generation.