fonzlinney wrote:Ok Forget the history since the park is only 45 years old then tear down everything that was built from original construction . I guess they are taking their cues from Charlotte which loves to teardown history. Perhaps any structure that’s 45 years old should be torn down.
Historic structures exist mainly by the hands of fate rather than through a concerted effort to provide opportunity for stuff to become old. Charleston is a local example. Those historic homes exist today because of a stagnant economy that lasted for decades. Most historic structures/neighborhoods in mature cities rose from neglect and abandonment. If there had been a demand for the land where they stood, those structures would have been demolished long before they became toney places to hobnob.
This brings us to Charlotte and Carowinds. Charlotte is a growing city, and has been since it's creation. Fate has not presented many opportunities for the creation of swatches of future historic structures. Same with Carowinds. If the park was a little family owned place with limited resources, likely much of the original structures would still exist and perhaps one day the entire place would be deemed historic.
So if you want a park with historic structures, your best bet is for Cedar Fair to sell it to a poor family who could not afford to make many upgrade for the next 50 years. After the park closes and sits for another 50, an investment groups comes in and restores the place back to what it was in 2018.
As things stand now, Carowinds will never have anything historic.
