Historic Preservation

Connecticut Public Radio

Published February 27, 2012 at 12:54 PM EST

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You know how we love main street preservation and architecture here on where we live. Sometimes, though, you need to step back and ask: Is it really better to spend money fixing up an old building than replacing it with a new one?

That’s part of the conversation at an event sponsored by the CT Trust for Historic Preservation: “Historic Places and Property Values and Connecticut’s Economy: What do these all have in common?” Today we'll talk to Donovan Rypkema, an industry leader in the economics of preserving historic structures. He'll be in Connecticut on Friday. More information at cttrust.org.

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