Was going through my old copies of Preservation, the magazine published by the National Historic Trust, today - I am trying like crazy to get through the stacks of magazines I've been waiting for a chance to read! and I came across the July/August 2008 issue. There is a review of the book referenced in the title above by Melissa Holbrook Pierson, which was written by Dwight Young.
Pierson describes 'progess' and what it means, about losing the scenes of childhood to a form of modernzation she describes as a pulverization into unrecognizability by examining three places she lived. Young, the reviewer says the book is not just an exercise of nostalgia but also a refreshing and right outrage.
Since I love seeing the places I've known in my past, and share with Young the sense of miracle that comes with finding a childhood haunt unaltered by time I find I want to document what still exists.
I'll be taking more photographs on my journeys through time. I'll write more about what I find, or don't find.
I've just ordered the book from Amazon. I'll let you know what I think.
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