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Old 05-10-2014, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Savannah GA
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So basically you're saying Atlanta did a very poor job of preserving its historic buildings?
No, I'm saying that what was in Atlanta at the time of the civil war was hardly worth preserving.

Would you have preserved this?!

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Old 05-10-2014, 07:16 PM
 
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Atlanta's best buildings come between 1890-1950. I do agree that the burning of Atlanta didn't really seem that big of a deal when it came to urban fabric.
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Old 05-10-2014, 07:20 PM
 
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No, I'm saying that what was in Atlanta at the time of the civil war was hardly worth preserving.

Would you have preserved this?!
Why not?

Old Slave Mart

A House Divided - Slave Auction House Receives State Protection

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Old 05-10-2014, 07:26 PM
 
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No, I'm saying that what was in Atlanta at the time of the civil war was hardly worth preserving.

Would you have preserved this?!
What's wrong with that? Boston has preserved buildings like that so why not Atlanta?
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Old 05-10-2014, 07:49 PM
 
Location: Savannah GA
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What's wrong with that? Boston has preserved buildings like that so why not Atlanta?
Atlanta didn't have the option to save those buildings because Sherman's army burned them all to the ground.
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Old 05-10-2014, 07:50 PM
 
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Atlanta didn't have the option to save those buildings because Sherman's army burned them all to the ground.
You said they weren't worth preserving, indicating that if Atlanta did have that option it shouldn't have preserved them. I disagree with that, but I do agree that Atlanta didn't really have a large historic stock to preserve at the time of the Civil War.
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Old 05-10-2014, 07:57 PM
 
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Atlanta didn't have the option to save those buildings because Sherman's army burned them all to the ground.
O, I thought that photo was taken pre-Sherman
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Old 05-10-2014, 08:29 PM
 
Location: Columbus,Georgia
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Add Columbus,Macon, Montgomery,Birmingham & Huntsville to the list of cities that surged in development after the civil war.
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Old 05-10-2014, 11:12 PM
 
Location: Savannah GA
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O, I thought that photo was taken pre-Sherman
DUH! Of course it was -- IT WAS A SLAVE AUCTION!!!
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Old 05-10-2014, 11:18 PM
 
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DUH! Of course it was -- IT WAS A SLAVE AUCTION!!!
O, I thought the civil rights was to stop slavery, my bad
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