Past Preservationist Gifts

The Kitchen area of a Whitechapel Boarding House

Endangered Species: Belgian Ostrich.

Sign: 'Welcome to Fernbanks. Beneath our quaint Norman Rockwell-ish exterior beats a big-box chain store heart, ready to sell out at the drop of a hat.'

Newspaper suicide.

"That newspaper has been showing up ever since you started reading the news online. I think it feels betrayed."

"I hope you're not using any of the canned food I so diligently stockpiled.

"Great for worship then! Great for retail now!"

Inventor of the Tudor spirit-level

'Anti-Graffito' worker about to erase hieroglyphics.

"Our hobby is finding old, run-down Victorian houses and levelling them."

"Gunther's years ahead of his time."

“It’s a pre-war building, but you’ll see they’ve kept most of the details.”

Alderman shocked at a proposal to pull down Temple Bar

Pasadena Playhouse War

Building in the countryside

"Dear God, no! Not her first edition of 'Franny and Zooey'! You've ruined us!!"

Dexter Flynn, Taxidermy Attorney.

You were warned about mixed marriages!

Archeological find in the Myanmar jungle.

'Nowadays kiddo, we just need to herd the sheep, but my grandfather had to protect them from wolves!'

"This year has been a disaster. But, my breaking point was when Apple TV+ hijacked 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,' away from network television."

"Doesn't it worry you being such a philistine?"

'It's mine and you can't have it.' Morris was finding it more difficult than most to adjust to the concept of a 'paperless' office.'

"How I deplore this senseless destruction of our historic landmarks!"

Demolition, All Types of Architecture Got Rid Of

Dalai Lama.

Brookfield Historical Society LandmarkThe Captain Benjamin Ingham HouseBuilt in 1768 for $550 and 2 Tons of CodfishPresent Worth $3.5 Million, But Could Easily Bring $5 Million.

'What a useless eyesore!'

Leaving Eden - Historic District

'Because of the picturesque nature of your house, the government would like to list it...one of you will have to sit on the porch at all times.'ou

"Of course, he's very low maintenance."

"I'm not into health foods. I need all the preservatives I can get."

The palms

'Why,that's awful - tearing it down are they?'

Indian sees vision of future of America...