Honoring the Past, Building a Future
Rocky Mount NC: Preservation of Historic Commercial and Residential Architecture
Do you remember the wonderful love song, These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You? It isn't a cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces or an airline ticket to romantic places but 'foolish things' come to mind when I write and speak. My reading life and the research I love, the stories I am told, the … Continue reading Rocky Mount NC: Let The Influence of Stepheny’s ‘Foolish Things’ Begin
Left to Right -Denise Watkins, Sky-Vue Skateland, Stepheny Houghtlin, and Knox Porter enjoying a meal together. Knox is a regular reader of this Main Street blog. He leaves wonderful comments, and appropriate quotations and often acts as editor if necessary. Knox was raised in Rocky Mount, his father was a landscaper and plantsman. He planted … Continue reading Guest Blogger – Knox Porter – More About Branch Street
"With the input from The Public Hearings, the American Rescue Plan Act money is intended for housing like you find on Branch Street." SFH I first drove up and down Branch Street in February 2022. I took the following photographs of boarded up houses and garbage. Here is a neighborhood that should be saved. My … Continue reading The Shame of Branch Street In Rocky Mount, NC – Councilman Joyner – Ward 3
Hill Street - Rocky Mount, NC "The pleasure of restoring an historic home is reserved for those who see past the decaying structure and its weeds, overgrown brush, broken windows, and battered shutters. To see past the current state requires one to see the beauty of its bones and how it once was and could … Continue reading Seeing Past the State of Things: Rocky Mount, NC Housing
... it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose priorities. Tony Blair A series of public engagement hearings are under way in regards to the $5 Million from the American Rescue Plan and how it should be spent. This large sum dangled before me strongly suggests I can be a hypocrite. I fume and swear … Continue reading Rocky Mount, NC: How Best To Spend 5 Million Dollars
If I were younger, if I'd won the lottery, I would save and restore this bungalow that I found while driving around. (Sorry, I don't have the address), but this was another love at first sight for me. I have expensive taste as you can see when you think of spending the money to give … Continue reading Porches & Rails – Part of the On-Going Preservation/Restoration in Rocky Mount, NC
