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| From Virginia Tech News |
Here
is something that I will only say once, and if it weren’t for the eternal nature
of blogs, I would deny ever uttering (writing) it from here on out. So all of
you out there who bleed maroon and orange, listen up! Here it is: reading Lost Communities of Virginia made me
wish that I had gone to Virginia Tech. If I had become a Hokie,
I would have gotten involved in the Community Design
Assistance Center
and the Lost Communities of
Virginia Project.
Alas,
I didn’t. I went to the University of Virginia, where I got a phenomenal
education in architectural history and where I got placed in my first job after
college, Patrick County, probably my favorite place on the planet. So not going
to VT wasn’t the worst decision of my life, but I am still pretty jealous of
the Hokies who got to perform all of the research and write the beautiful
book that is Lost Communities of Virginia.
In
2011, the CDAC put out a handsome publication compiling information about
thirty of the 2,600 small communities that “[cover] the breadth of Virginia’s
geography, history, and community types” (Lost Communities of Virginia
Project). What makes these places unique? They have been lost to the hands of
time.
