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Originally Posted by MichaelB

..... and I will be amongst the most "liberal"... what ever that may mean.
But I agree a balance can be found between "old" and "new".

depth is depth. It's a distaction from the thread, but it's so hard to let comments like above ( lamar bridge and Moon towers) go unansewred.
.Personally I am a "modernist/minimalist". But I love History. History is not just about facts.... it's about perspective and depth.
The visual reminders of human instict over time are a constant perspective lesson.
The texture it adds to our life if so very important to an ever evolving landscape.
I often only appreciate a modern building when it is next to another era.
To live in a world that is just my aesthetic would be to live a very shallow existance.
No thank you.

I can understand the debate on the Lamar bridge. It is not much from the road suface and it's function is being tested.
But from the river it is beautiful.... and graceful.... probably beyond what modern investment would replace. Get in a conoe and paddle under it.

But the moon towers? Wow. Just Wow. I truly don't understand the lack of appreictaion. Sorry.
Forgive... I don't want this to be judmental ...just what the forum needs.... but I do encourage more people to look beyond their own experience and aesthetics and see what other points of view and perspective on history might teach us.
It just might help some other social issues as well
Just sayin.

I agree with all of that. The Moon Towers have real history. They were erected to allay the fears of the locals after the killings of the Servant Girl Annhilator, one of the earliest documented serial killers in America. I think it's really cool to have a piece of that time leftover.