Post #3870 by Kailuageoff on Tue, Jul 16, 2002 6:36 PM

Finally got around to reading this article. Great to see there are committed souls who are putting their mouths, minds and hearts into this. There is so much to marvel at and preserve that was created in the middle of the last century. Maybe what is needed is a sort of Williamsburg, VA or Greenfield Village in Michigan for the early 60's. I think the buildings in Greenfield Village were actualy purchased and relocated by Henry Ford to Dearborn in an effort to preserve a slice of American life prior to the automobile. Ironic that we could use a similar benefactor to preserve important aspects of American life in mid-century America; the heyday of America's automobile culture. Maybe a Bill Gates or some other well-heeled person connected with a replacement technology will recognise what is being lost from their own childhood and step in to preserve some of it, thereby elevating its cultural significance everwhere. Sad to say, but only the rich and powerful are capable of such things.