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Preservation, and taking preservation too far

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Addison Del Mastro
Oct 03, 2025
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I saw this tweet a long time ago, and while it’s not from the United States, the same sort of thing goes on here with historic districts and strict rules about updates or renovations to designated buildings (think neighborhoods like Old Town Alexandria and Historic Annapolis):

Of course, an outdated feature, like leaky thin windows, is part of the “signi…

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