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Abandoned buildings essay...thing
14 years ago
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"Have you heard the news that you're dead? No one ever had much nice to say, I think they never liked you anyway." ~My Chemical Romance
ok i wrote this for my English class like just now lol. there are flaws left, right, and center, but i'm too lazy to fix them :P but yeah, tell me what you think?
Restoration is a tricky business, especially when it comes to abandoned buildings. They’re fragile, dangerous, and often full of poisons, like lead paint or asbestos. It’d be a lot easier to just tear them all down and build something new. However, these buildings hold architectural as well as historical significance that can’t be reclaimed once they’re gone.
By restoring abandoned buildings, we can preserve local heritage. For example, where I live, there are five old homes along Main Street dating from when the pioneers first settled in the area. No one touches them. With every passing year, they fall apart more and more, and no one is doing anything to fix them up. The ironic thing is that the town spends thousands of dollars on fireworks for the Pioneer Day celebrations every year. Why not celebrate our heritage by putting that money toward fixing up the homes our ancestors once lived in?
As far as city planning goes, abandoned buildings take up space. To solve this problem, the city could either remodel the existing structure and use it as living space or tear it down and build something new. While it is cheaper to tear down the original structure and start over with new materials, this is wasteful and pollutes the surrounding environment. New materials are often produced in factories that use chemicals in their products. These chemicals leak into the soil of the building site and harm native plants and animals. So think of restoration as another way to recycle or reuse materials.
The problem with restoration is that not all of the original materials can be salvaged. A lot of things will have to be replaced, which is expensive. Old buildings often have asbestos or lead paint everywhere, so that’s another thing to consider. Some are so beyond repair that they hardly look like buildings at all. I realize that not all abandoned buildings can be saved. The ones that are salvageable won’t stay stable for long. Something has to be done before they all fall apart completely. If we aren’t careful, architectural styles could start disappearing. If architects don’t adopt these older styles, they could become extinct.
Some buildings are abandoned because something terrible happened there. It is easy to see why people wouldn’t want these buildings restored to society because they hold bad memories. Even if a new structure is built there, those bad memories cling to the land. But if we don’t restore them, what is to be done with them?
Restoration is a tricky business, especially when it comes to abandoned buildings. They’re fragile, dangerous, and often full of poisons, like lead paint or asbestos. It’d be a lot easier to just tear them all down and build something new. However, these buildings hold architectural as well as historical significance that can’t be reclaimed once they’re gone.
By restoring abandoned buildings, we can preserve local heritage. For example, where I live, there are five old homes along Main Street dating from when the pioneers first settled in the area. No one touches them. With every passing year, they fall apart more and more, and no one is doing anything to fix them up. The ironic thing is that the town spends thousands of dollars on fireworks for the Pioneer Day celebrations every year. Why not celebrate our heritage by putting that money toward fixing up the homes our ancestors once lived in?
As far as city planning goes, abandoned buildings take up space. To solve this problem, the city could either remodel the existing structure and use it as living space or tear it down and build something new. While it is cheaper to tear down the original structure and start over with new materials, this is wasteful and pollutes the surrounding environment. New materials are often produced in factories that use chemicals in their products. These chemicals leak into the soil of the building site and harm native plants and animals. So think of restoration as another way to recycle or reuse materials.
The problem with restoration is that not all of the original materials can be salvaged. A lot of things will have to be replaced, which is expensive. Old buildings often have asbestos or lead paint everywhere, so that’s another thing to consider. Some are so beyond repair that they hardly look like buildings at all. I realize that not all abandoned buildings can be saved. The ones that are salvageable won’t stay stable for long. Something has to be done before they all fall apart completely. If we aren’t careful, architectural styles could start disappearing. If architects don’t adopt these older styles, they could become extinct.
Some buildings are abandoned because something terrible happened there. It is easy to see why people wouldn’t want these buildings restored to society because they hold bad memories. Even if a new structure is built there, those bad memories cling to the land. But if we don’t restore them, what is to be done with them?
and thank you XD