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mrs_sweetpeach ([personal profile] mrs_sweetpeach) wrote2010-01-13 09:24 pm
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[identity profile] bennys-mum.livejournal.com 2010-01-16 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yes, I see it. IS it historically or architecturally significant? I guess no one wants to bother taking care of it. Are people upset about them being torn down?
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[identity profile] mrs-sweetpeach.livejournal.com 2010-01-25 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know how "significant" they are or were. To me, they're a symbol of an earlier, more simple age. I love old roadside attractions and so few are left. Going by the conversation I had with the local who stopped to talk with me, I'm not the only one who will miss them.

On the other hand, even if I won the lottery I don't think I'd want to try to buy and restore them. Not unless I could buy both of the other tourist traps down the road from the towers. I don't think I'd be able to make the towers self-supporting (financially, I mean) and without other draws, I think they lose part of their charm.
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