[Info-vax] Completely OT: Frank Lloyd Wright

[brad]

On 2012-10-08, Bob Koehler <koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> wrote:
> In article <slrnk71gcd.7oe.brad at coyote.home.earwicker>, 
brad <brad at coyote.home.earwicker> writes:
>> 
>> I guess that here in the US, property ownership trumps all.
>
>    Not all, but a lot.  A historically significant building can be
>    protected, but it first has to be recognized as historically
>    significant. 

I live in a neighborhood listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
It looks as though I could qualify for tax incentives, to help preserve my
building.  
 
>
>    And folks will disagree.  I like the looks of Falling Water, but I 
>    wouldn't want to live with the problems running a stream through a 
>    foundation could create.

Fallingwater has had a number of structural problems over its lifetime.  If
it wasn't protected, I can see why a homeowner without resources would be
tempted to destroy and build.  Recent renovations to fix structural
integrity problems ran north of USD $10 million.