At the risk of incurring the wrath of my fellow historians...he makes a
good point.

I know very little about this particular plant - was it the first one to
use a certian technology to purify water? Did it serve as a focal point of
some historic event? If all that it has going for it is that it has unique
architecture...preserve the exterior and turn the interior into apartments
or something.

I understand the value and even the sentimental importance of saving
things ("What's this receipt for? Dinner at a resturant with someone six
years ago? And how about this bottle cap? Or this sea-shell? I know they
were important at the time...oh well let's just save it in a box." are
common phrases for me).

But unfortunatly sometimes we need to let things go gently into the night.
I guess I understand where he is coming from in his editorial. I felt he
was very sympathetic towards preservationists, but he made a call: enough
is enough. 10 years and no $15 million? I would have to agree.

Sometimes a water filtration plant is just a water filtration plant.

<ducks under his desk for protection>

Timothy Wade

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