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Old Posted Feb 7, 2007, 4:10 AM
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Originally Posted by LostInTheZone View Post
New York fundamentally did not accept the whole premise of historical preservation. It's important to understand this to understand it as a city. Change and progress are ingrained into the soul of the place.

If you want to see a Victorian brownstone refinished inside into a modernist white-walled loft, go to New York. To find a simliar mansion with original woodwork and tacky Victorian animal shaped lighting fixtures, try Philly or San Francisco.
Hmm, I lived in both NYC and SF. SF strangely seems to have more art deco percentage wise than NYC (e.g. alot in pacific heights, lots in the finanicial area, and a good amount in the Marina which also has tropical like buildings.)

Yes S.F. has victorian buildings with preserved old fashioned elevators, etc., but with all the modern kitchen appliances, bathrooms, security, etc. NYC does not have these types of victorians, but they do have many classical brownstowns and tenement walkups. S.F. does not really have these.

Both cities are getting a large number of modern buildings, but in S.F. there are entire neighborhoods of modern buildings being built with neighborhood structure, while in NYC the new buildings appear scattered around without any citywide plans.
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