[MassHistPres] industrial type smokestacks

[Tucker, Jonathan]

I don't know about publications, but the usual approach to preserving a
functionally vestigial structure is to give it a new purpose that has
social or economic viability.

Make it into a community landmark through public art that highlights its
history and the community's identity.  Make it a feature for all
celebrations.  Light it up for the holidays (topped with a lighted
tree).  Run the lights up to the top at midnight for New Year's Eve.
Use it as a launching stage for Fourth of July fireworks.  Rent it out
for cell tower use.

Amend your charter to require that, before they can be sworn in, every
mayor or member of the select board must to climb up to the top using
the rusting steel rings, write their name on a surface provided for the
purpose, and then bungee down to the bottom, where their robes would be
donned and they would promptly be sworn in by the Clerk, amid
appropriate fanfare (a pipe band is always good).

I jest (a wee bit), but once the tower has a viable use and a place in
the life of the community, the money for its restoration and
preservation will follow.

Jonathan Tucker
Planning Director
Amherst Planning Department
4 Boltwood Avenue, Town Hall
Amherst, MA  01002
(413) 259-3040
tuckerj at amherstma.gov    




-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Marcia Starkey
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:13 AM
To: Dennis De Witt; MHC MHC listserve
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] industrial type smokestacks

This would also be welcome information in Greenfield.
Marcia Starkey
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From: "Dennis De Witt" <djd184 at verizon.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:19 PM
Subject: [MassHistPres] industrial type smokestacks


> Does anyone know of any publication or guidelines having to do with
the 
> preservation of major industrial type smokestacks no longer in use?
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> Best regards,
>
> Dennis J De Witt, President
> Metropolitan WaterWorks Museum, Inc.
> Chestnut Hill, Boston, Massachusetts
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