I picked up Images of America: Putnam County the other day while Christmas shopping. I find this series from Arcadia Publishing both interesting and depressing. Interesting, to see what was, and depressing to consider how things might have developed differently than they did. I suppose if I were an enthusiastic admirer of our local built environment, then my opinion might be different, but I think that Sturgeon’s Law applies fully to much of anything built since the middle 20th Century.
Or maybe I’m just tired of having to drive everywhere.