• EllenKelly [comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    the more i think about the preserving history mindset the harder it is to detach it from the reactionary tradition point.

    This is a shit source but i cbf finding anything better rn

    New housing for 'new' people

    In the majority of cases, the reconstruction of old aristocratic and merchant mansions, as well as tenement buildings, was necessary in order to modernize and adapt them to new functions. The first wave of these renovations took place in the 1920-1930s, when the newly established Soviet authorities urgently needed to resolve a housing shortage. They began putting additional stories on three- and four-story buildings that usually housed dormitories or administrative offices

    https://www.rbth.com/arts/332068-moscow-historical-buildings

    golf courses with their irrigation networks and open spaces can be so easily made into more usable parks and market gardens. I do hate golf, i do like old buildings

    something that's really getting me at the moment is seeing the australian government destroy public housing infrastructure in the name of accessibility, using disabled people as a shield and a cudgel.

    Tear down Parliament, tear down the prime ministers residence.