There is no doubt in it that historical buildings are essential to signify the grandness of any city and this has prompted many cities to preserve them and depict bystanders as their inherent treasures.
However at several times necessity knows no law and hence a city has to sacrifice its innate (above-mentioned) treasures. Whatcom County is also witnessing the same. It is located in the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat is at Bellingham, which is also the county’s largest city.
What is the planning of the county therefore? It has been learnt that the county is desirous to demolish several remnants of the Cold War to make room for more park attractions in Birch Bay. What’s more the county is definite to seek bids in next to no time for the fast removal of 11 buildings at the old Blaine Air Force Station property, now called Bay Horizon Park. It is to be noted that the county got the land free from the federal government back in the early 1980s.
What will be the advantages? According to observers, the removal of buildings will enable the county to develop a master plan for trails, ballfields or other park facilities the public would like to see in the fast-growing area. What is the response of the locality? Studies reveal that a considerable population of the county is hopeful while others are frowning at the proposal of erasing historical specimens in the form of buildings.
Whatever it is, the project of demolition projected to cost about $368,000 and public meetings regarding parks plan will commence officially in May.
Let’s focus on the history now. The 757th Radar Squadron at the station glanced over, for three decades, the skies for aircraft that might pose a threat to the country. Remember that it was the age of Cold War when both of USSR and USA were belligerent and almost ready to assault other one.
The station was opened in 1951 and it was the year when a possible Soviet nuclear attack alarmed USA for the first time and that led to the growth of fallout shelters across the nation. The station closed in 1979 due to changed reality and rise of satellites to keep an eye on threats.
Bear in mind that the removal of 11 buildings will erase history forever. Should this be done? What do you think?
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If you saw the run down old buildings you would say Yes! This isn’t history. A marker giving the history of the base would preserve the story not some dangerous run down non- useful buildings. Come on get real!