test · 156 days ago
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Roosevelt Middle School · 276 days ago
President Roosevelt’s portrait is featured in one of the hand-painted tiles that adorn this historic middle-school at 2300 Cranberry Street.
Compare and Contrast 2 · 1015 days ago
Does “place” change the nature of human interactions and experience? In which building would you prefer to gather for a celebration? Why?
Erie Malleable Iron · 1017 days ago
DEMOLISHED
Its hard to believe this patchwork of foundry buildings that “dominated West 12th Street” for 126 years is gone. Shouldn’t we be looking a generation ahead, as did our great-grandparents? Is it morally valid (or fiscally responsible) to keep demolishing viable historic structures? Do buildings, fifty years or older, deserve a public concensus before demolition permits are issued? When we own a part of the public realm, do we have a duty to be good stewards of that which we have “inherited?”
Dr. Barral at the Villa, Sept. 17, 2006 · 1017 days ago
Gannon Professor Mary Rose Barral delivered a lecture exploring stewardship as a philosophical imperative rooted in our physical being. While comfortably seated near chapel, Barral (a native of Orbassano, Italy) explained to her audience that our physical knowledge of the world tells us WHERE we are. She challenged residents of Erie to embrace the heritage of our built environment because we need to know both where, and who, we are.