Center for Strategic Communication

[ by Charles Cameron — architectural history as a question in philosophy — Palmyra ]
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Future?

Past?

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I’ll admit my preference for “past” — but is it just “the patina of antiquity”I’m appreciating?

What building from the first decades of this millennium might people think worth preserving — or destroying — a thousand years hence?

And what if the present should arise and fade, unaided?