“Preservation at all costs is not the answer.”
Tag: historic preservation
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Letter: Charlotte Street development won’t destroy neighborhood
“The development is to be built on a main road, in the middle of a long-established commercial strip; it will not destroy some quiet neighborhood.”
A better solution for Charlotte Street
“Can we allow for growth and address our affordable housing needs while also combating climate change and maintaining the character of our neighborhoods?”
Letter: The future of Charlotte Street
“While I don’t like opposing friends and neighbors who are afraid of the proposed development, I do think we need to recognize that the city is growing and changing, especially this area near downtown.”
Letter: Charlotte Street project opposition sounds familiar
“While I am not in favor of this particular project — I do feel the native homes are worth preserving — the problem is the same forces rallying to oppose this are the same folks who oppose every new development.”
101 Charlotte St. deftly balances conflicting priorities
“Asheville is changing, and since affordable housing is already in short supply, every neighborhood has a responsibility to accept its share of new, denser residential projects, despite the inevitable protests by vocal citizen groups.”
Letter: Au revoir, Charlotte Street
“The affordable housing problems of Asheville will not be solved by destroying our heritage.”
Letter: Asheville area can learn from Coral Gables
“The city of Coral Gables, Fla.. … has been very successful preserving its heritage as well as allowing for the growth that comes with a popular place to live.
Letter: Destroying monument would be shortsighted
“The uh-oh moment came when the appointed commission, conspicuously lacking local architects or representatives from historic preservation, came back with an 11-1 suggestion of removal.”
Letter: A better solution for Charlotte Street
“I am 1,000% in favor of mixed use, but not the needless destruction of land and history, only to be replaced by a traffic-clogging, mediocre, Anywhere USA development.”
Letter writer: Preservation must have a stronger voice in Asheville’s planning process
“It seems that developers are clawing for a chance to get a piece of Asheville and that tourism promoters won’t be happy until the whole world wants to be here.”
Local Preservation Society partners with National Trust
he Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County has recently declared a new partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The new affiliation will allow the local nonprofit to protect the city’s unique historic locations with more funding support, says Executive Director Jack Thomson.