[Info-vax] Completely OT: Frank Lloyd Wright

[David Froble]

Dirk Munk wrote:
> Bill Gunshannon wrote:

>>> The idea that ownership doesn't always mean that you have absolute
>>> control over a building is more common on this side of the big pond I'm
>>> sure. When it is an old building you are more temporally in custody of
>>> the building. In 2112 you will be forgotten, but the building will still
>>> be there with some luck.
>>
>> "legallized" theft.  So, the car you own will one day be an antique and
>> of considerable value.  Does that mean you are only a "cusdtodian" and
>> others can tell you what you have to do to keep it around until that time
>> arrives?  What about a book?  What about a piece of furniture?
>>
> Almost every country has laws that prohibit you from selling valuable 
> objects like antiques, paintings etc. abroad if those objects are 
> considered valuable for history and culture of that country.
> 
> Last night I saw a beautiful program about vintage Rolls-Royce cars in 
> India. Before the independence of India Rolls-Royce sold about 850 cars 
> to the Maharajahs. After India became a republic, many of those cars 
> were not used any more, and foreign collectors bought them for little 
> money. But then the government made it illegal to sell them abroad.
> 

Hmmm .....

Bill makes a very good and valid argument, and so you change the 
subject.  The subject was real estate property.  Buildings.

I have no objection to some things worth being preserved, being 
preserved.  As for what's worth being preserved, good question, huh?

What I'd object to is someone who has put his own money into something 
losing that investment.  If someone who has bought some property isn't 
allowed to do what he intended, that's exactly what happens, he loses 
his money.

So, if some entity wants to declare some property as special and to be 
controlled, that entity should be prepared to put their money where 
their mouth is.  Even if their declaration raised the property value, 
they should have to come up with the current property value, and 
compensate the owner for any inconvenience.

Sure, go ahead, do it, but be prepared to "pay the price" for your 
actions.  This is something too many people try to avoid.