Daily Blog: Sense and Sustainability

Preservation of old neighborhoods and historic buildings makes a lot of sense from the “sustainability” point of view.

It’s about more than preserving the past. Other reasons include:

• Reducing Automobile Dependence: “The smaller scale of streets and buildings in historic neighborhoods enables people to drive less and rely on alternative transportation, such as walking or bicycling.”

• Land Conservation: “Revitalizing existing neighborhoods reduces pressure to build on previously undeveloped land.”

• Efficient Use of Infrastructure: “Historic neighborhoods do not require the construction of new streets or extension of water and sewer lines.”

Read more at The Medallion, July/August 2009, p. 14.