Frederick Starr
Frederick Starr
Frederick Starrwas an American academic, anthropologist, and "populist educator" born at Auburn, New York...
build damage given indeed mass opportunity order seize
Given that (city officials) have done nothing for the preservation cause, and indeed have done a lot of damage to it, (are they) going to seize on this as an opportunity for mass demolition, in order to build something akin to Houston?
culture fear flavor fragile houses locked physical setting
The flavor and physical setting of the city's culture is locked up in the vernacular wooden houses of the 19th century, ... And I fear for them now. These are fragile buildings.
future great name
clean-sweep whole neighborhoods, in the name of 'health' and 'safety' and 'a great future' and all that, and end up doing what Ceausescu did to Bucharest. And then it will be gone.
anyone control states united united-states
The United States doesn't want to control this region, but it doesn't want anyone else to, either.