legacy forjamaicans. in 1953, the queen first visited jamaica to visit the island s old capital. this place the ultimate symbol of colonial power. it was in the same square in 1838 that slaves were finally set free. today, though, it s abandoned history that so many want to forget yet never want to stop remembering. so you re looking at an architecture which has been realized. architectural historian dr green says the role that jamaica s people had from the original tejanos who inhabited the island to african slaves is often forgotten. we as jamaicans claim this as ours. however, the history books and the writing and others have tried to tell us it s not. as an architect, i know how to reinterpret that history to allow it to be owned by the jamaicans and the caribbean people because we owned it and we build it. what we have to now do going forward is to begin to erase the onus
legacy forjamaicans. in 1953, the queen first visited jamaica to visit the island s old capital. this place the ultimate symbol of colonial power. it was in the same square in 1838 that slaves were finally set free. today, though, it s abandoned history that so many want to forget yet never want to stop remembering. so, you re looking at an architecture which has been realised. architectural historian dr green says the role that jamaica s people had from the original tejanos who inhabited the island to african slaves is often forgotten. we as jamaicans claim this as ours. however, the history books and the writing and others have tried to tell us it s not. as an architect, i know how to reinterpret that history to allow it to be owned by the jamaicans
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The National Farmers’ Bank in Owatonna, Minnesota, is one of the most significant architectural works in the country, part of the Prairie School of Design. Kaomi Lee of Twin Cities PBS went to see why this 1908 building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, continues to attract tourists from around the nation and the world. It’s part of our arts and culture series, "CANVAS."