Renovation should be thought out carefully, with history in mind. In an historic setting you must be careful not to undo your past. When you engage in re-model of history remember in the past before you start tearing things apart. Those involved in the streetscape fiasco should have considered this when digging things up. Whenever you tear down something historic you should consider replacing it like its original structure. History is important to preserve. If you remake it into something else, it is a counterfeit. And if you destroy your history, you destroy remnants of who you are and your society. Replacing history with counterfeit replicas isn’t the answer to the true restoration of your past. Don’t tinker with yesterday.

ALLEN CASSIDY, Auburn