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We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it tradition, social workers say it's a sense of community, but it is memory we have banished from our cities. We have speed and power, but no place. Travel, but no destination. Convenience, but no ease.
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We may talk of saving antique linens, species, or languages; but whatever we are intent on saving, when a restoration succeeds, we rescue ourselves.
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Four hundred years is but a moment in 10,000 years. Time is curved, time is braided. Throw out your clocks.
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Howard Mansfield
Born:
June 14, 1957
(age 66)
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Howard Mansfield is an American author who writes about history, preservation, and architecture. He was born in Huntington, New York, and graduated from Syracuse University in 1979. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, writer Sy Montgomery
Known for:
In the Memory House (1993)
The same ax, twice (2000)
The Bones of the Earth (2004)
Turn and Jump: How Time & Place Fell Apart (2010)
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