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Torn and Frayed: The Decay of the Vernacular

And his coat is torn and frayed,
It's seen much better days.
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away,
Let it steal your heart away.

Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Exile on Main Street, 1972

American vernacular architecture is rapidly disappearing, bowing to economic pressures of rising land values and victimized by our  lust for redefining our the rich architectural history  at the expense of the authentic



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