What are you doing to stop decay?

>>133303045
bump. Let's get away from BLACKED threads and shit like that

Old buildings are beautiful.
At this point in my life I understand why city denote them as having preservation status and forbid demolishing them.

>>133303595
I consider myself a capitalist(by Swedish standards I'm basically Ancap), but there are some things in the world that I don't think should be for sale.

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I know a restaurant that had one of these in every booth. They were original from the 1950s and in good working condition. Then in the 2000s the restaurant was sold and remodeled. They tore the jukeboxes out and now it is a hipster health food restaurant. A piece of neighborhood history destroyed. It makes me sick. It's like torching a beautiful 1950s car. Gone forever to individual collectors.

Buildings used to be built to last. Nowadays, unless its at special request, or a very special case, buildings are built as cheaply and as quickly as possible. This is mainly obvious in residential building projects, but can be seen in more commercial buildings in the architecture and simplistic design.

Its a symptom of a capitalist society. Build cheap and fast to maximise profit, make sure it stands for 20 years, and by the time it eventually collapses or starts to decay, you are long gone with cheque in hand.

I live in a part of Australia where we used to have very beautiful victorian style houses down every street. Now big Chinese business men are monopolizing the market and building these cheap ugly box houses that look like they belong in a lego movie everywhere.
Most people think they are gross but the Asians love it.

They will say that there are no paying tenants for these old buildings.
There are newer, more desirable buildings.
Maybe those newer buildings were really not needed? Maybe the old one would do if maintained? There are still old buildings in use all over Manhattan.

>>133303045

A capitalist would charge a fee and turn that building into a museum. Just like we currently do. This allows the capitalist to maintain the building. If in spite of charging a fee the capitalist cannot maintain the building, it is because people were not really interesting in that building in the first place.

>>133304319
Small, well-crafted Victorian homes have been knocked-down all over San Francisco and replaced with three and four story box-shaped condos that take up the entire lot. People don't realize what is steadily being destroyed around them.

>>133304319
>buildings are built as cheaply and as quickly as possible
not true; they're built as ugly as possible. if the architect can siphon away billions for themselves, all the better.

>>133303045
Somebody bought that building and had new windows installed throughout

>>133303045
It's sad to see old features disappear, but it most certainly our nature as humans to attempt to progress. To keep true societal decay from occuring one must work hard in career, family life, and on ones self. It's fucking hard work and difficult to balance. If enough people had the mentality to do that the world would be a better place. To maintain your property and put in work to upgrade it over time contributes much more to society than buying a new luxury car. It affects the mentality of a community