Friday, December 7, 2012

Using Downtown Revitalization to Bring Back Memories

By Rob Sutter


Did you constantly go to a playground that you went to several times in the past? Maybe you've driven past a certain monument to and from school when you were a kid. There is an attraction to be had here and you are not entirely sure why such an attraction exists even now. Whatever the case may be, these very ideals could wind up falling apart in due time and utilizing downtown revitalization methods could prevent this from occurring.

If I had to think of the one word that would best describe this kind of sensation, it would have to be "nostalgia." In spite of how we may view an entity as adults, an audience which is much younger may view it different. For example, I could play an awful video game in my adult years and it will remain bad no matter what. This is different from a child's mindset as they can play the same game and may remember it fondly despite its inherit flaws. That is an example of nostalgia at work.

If I had to count off the amount of times that I dragged my parents to a film they wanted no business seeing, I think I'd be here until next year. As a kid, I simply wanted to see the movie that my friends were absolutely raving about. My parents couldn't have been less interested in what they were seeing, though. It amazes me that I sat through "Batman & Robin," for instance because even now I feel like I have to apologize to my dad for taking me to see that disgrace.

When it comes to the locations that you remember back in grade school, those never seem to change and you don't want to see them fall apart. Companies such as Build a Better Burb utilize retrofitting techniques in order to bring life back to places which seem to be falling apart. Who's to say that downtown revitalization couldn't be used to help a playground that's been falling apart? A jungle gym might stand to be repaired so that kids today could enjoy the very playthings that you took advantage of in your youth.

Let's imagine that an old elementary school that you once attended and have fond memories of started to fall apart because of time. While buildings don't remain strong throughout time, they can be fixed periodically. Revitalization can take place so that these places don't have to suffer absolute destruction. Monuments such as these should stick around because without them, how else would we have the memories that last forever?




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