On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Ralph Walter wrote:

> I suppose that if it had been installed as new material in the 1950's on
> a new building, why not?  I do remember seeing a 50's permastone car
> dealership here in fabuolous Summit getting schmeared over with
> untextured stucco a couple of years back, and thinking it was a shame.

I have seen a lot of 1950s stuff destroyed or ruined for no good reason,
and thought it was a shame.  Even though I am no fan of 50s architecture.

Between Lansing and East Lansing, Michigan, there is a sizeable outdoor
mall called "Frandor", built in the mid-1950s, which until recently had so
much of its original fabric that I thought it might make an intriguing
restoration.  (The original mall was very well built, and all the
additions, and enclosures of the originally-outdoor walkways, were done on
the ultra-cheap.)  It even had the original mall signs, which even in the
1980s I regarded as being worthy of museum display.  Alas, a new owner
came along, and all that stuff is gone now.

                                  Larry

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