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Holyoke Historical Commission Preservation Awards 2013

Holyoke Historical Commission Preservation Awards 2013. We shape our buildings; thereafter, our buildings shape us. Winston Churchill. The strength of a nation is derived from the integrity of its homes. Confucius.

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Holyoke Historical Commission Preservation Awards 2013

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  1. Holyoke Historical Commission Preservation Awards2013

  2. We shape our buildings; thereafter, our buildings shape us. Winston Churchill

  3. The strength of a nation is derived from the integrity of its homes. Confucius

  4. It's not good because it's old; it's old because it's good. Anonymous

  5. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you are.James Burke

  6. In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures. Frank Gehry

  7. Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings. Jane Jacobs

  8. These old buildings do not belong to us only, they belong to our forefathers and they will belong to our descendants unless we play them false. They are not in any sense our own property to do with as we like with them. We are only trustees for those that come after us. William Morris

  9. Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and ... Richard Nickel

  10. When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for our use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will look upon with praise and thanksgiving in their hearts. John Ruskin

  11. A country without a past has the emptiness of a barren continent; and a city without old buildings is like a man without a memory. Graeme Shankland

  12. Saving old buildings and neighborhoods is an enormously effective way to provide continuity in the places where we live. Dwight Young

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