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Tender loving care applied to buildings and culture landscape
Harold Morgan
“Built environment” is a snooty term for buildings and other things around us. Buildings typically get taken for granted because they are there all the time; they fade into the background of our mental landscape.
That happens everywhere, I suppose. The difference, though, is that New Mexico’s buildings look different. Some argue that traditional New Mexico’s styles may be the only design approaches native to North America. Maybe. But these styles the buildings around us affect us, just as the skyscrapers of New York City affect New Yorkers.
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After the Jan. 6 sacking of the U.S. Capitol, we must recommit the nation to appreciate and understand our democratic form of government and our shared history as Americans. This effort should include the structures and artifacts of our past, which can positively inform the politics of generations to come.
We New Mexicans take pride in our cultural heritage. Our history of diverse cultures has given us many examples of both cooperation and conflict. Today we aspire to respect and understand our shared history and different views across many divides. New Mexico is fortunate to have prominent and successful organizations dedicated to preserving and teaching that history.
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