Jos Potting <j.potting@inter.symbiose.nl> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997
Subject: Maxwell Street is History Street
Dear Mr. Broski,
Just wanted to tell you that here in the Netherlands they are preserving local industrial buildings in order to show our children and grandchildren how their grandparents earned their money. It's done for the textile industry and mining industry which for not so long ago was very important for our economy (but also for our culture).
Now that I've heard about your plans for pulling down parts of the old Maxwell street, I would plead for wisdom. I hope you will think of my country not only with wooden shoes or windmills on your mind but merely thinking of the history, the culture (painters etc.), the castles, etc.
When I'm thinking of the U.S.A. I can reassure you that I'm not thinking of America only as it is presented to us in soaps and crime stories. America for me is a country with a very diverse and interesting population, with a great influence on world politics, a history of Indians and slavery and the origin of many very intriguing cultural outings. I'm a blues lover and hate the idea that those spare places where we can see the origins of such an important culture will be victim of uniformity and something called modern progress. Mr. Brosky, please, think about it and react to my wish. By the way, I'm a local politician myself (for a small village) and I know what it is to make choices between the new and the old, but I also do know that people are easily can see the urge of preserving your hometown as it is.
With regards,
Jos Potting
Weerterbroekplantsoen 97
6231 DV Meerssen
The Netherlands
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