Cities Suffer Amnesia

14 November 2000 - 6:00am

Sprawl is threatening quality of life, endangering old neighborhoods, and eroding the "collective memory" of our cities, says National Trust for Historic Preservation

"Suburban sprawl is eroding Americans' quality of life by 'scattering industry, commerce and population all over the landscape' and destroying the shared past that strengthens communal ties, a nationally prominent historic preservationist said in Cincinnati Friday.Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, told the Cincinnati Preservation Association that sprawl, by endangering old buildings and neighborhoods, is chipping away at the ''collective memory'' of Cincinnati and other cities."

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Source: The Cincinnati Post, October 14, 2000
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