@AndyD said in Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?:
Exquisite.
A Suffolk tithe barn, what a privilege to own, restore, furnish and inhabit.
And such a lovely couple.
(What Christmas decorations...)
Philip pans past a corner cabinet and a very old looking grandfather clock. Then it's a sensory overload of paintings, ancient beams, acorns capping every newel post.
Everywhere objects of interest.
I've never stopped a video so many times wanting to zoom in at antiques.
OMG their paintings.
Yes, exquisite!
Our historic preservation laws are not nearly as strong as yours.
My alma mater's campus is made up of waterfront estates from the Gilded Age.
A contiguous district including the campus, other mansions, and a museum are designated as a historic district under applicable laws.
The laws are ambiguous, lacking in strength, and weighted clearly on the side of private property rights (even though none of it is private property except a single property at the northern end).
The destruction and construction I have witnessed are heartbreaking.
The destruction is irrevocable. The amount and scale of the development are completely out of place as well.
R
