Saturday, December 30, 2006

Historic preservation issues and 708 Cotton St: designer-artist Alan Dyson's perspective

What a loss to Shreveport.

Please forgive me as I rant over the effect that modern building codes have on our downtown infrastructure.

Downtown Shreveport will never be revitalized. The costs required to comply with the Uniform Building Code, The Life Safety Code, & The National Electrical Code simply make renovation projects financially impossible. Therefore, buildings that have been useful, structurally sound, and beautiful for over 100 years will fall into decay, and eventually meet the same fate as At the Loft. It was cheaper to tear it down and park maybe 10 cars.

Codes are necessary, but so is our architectural and cultural heritage. Hopefully, our new city administration will pursue a reasonable alternative.

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