Saving Face, Revisited

 

Here's a new building in progress. In the front of it, to the viewer's left, way at the bottom, is a preserved facade from a small old building. (Yes, if you're wondering, that's Sullivan's Auditorium to the viewer's right.)

Here's a pic, from earlier in the construction process, of the facade from another angle, held up only by a temporary steel framework.



Preserving facades is a trend I don't especially like. I like old buildings. I live in an older house. But sticking an old facade on a new building detracts from a pleasing sense of unity in the new building's design.

But there are tax credits for Historic Facade Easements!

It's my considered guess
that any aesthetic trend
backed by the IRS
will not soon come to an end.