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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 1784610, member: 5170&quot;]In the U.S. a property needs to be 50 years old or older, as well as be important for a reason such as architecture, education, transportation, commerce, etc. to qualify for the National Register of Historic Places. Some cities, such as New York, have even stricter local qualifications. These jurisdictions know that people come to see what makes them unique to the tune of billions of $ nationwide.</p><p><br /></p><p>So despite the disingenuousness of Bruges tourism as illustrated in that article, much could still qualify as historic, even if it&#039;s not 500 years old. The fact that tour guides in the city are lying about this structure or that only reinforces the fact that they want those tourist dollars. It&#039;s just too bad that some feel the need to lie about things to reinforce the image of &quot;Ye Olde Bruges.&quot; The fact is that the historical phenomena wherein buildings in the late 19th and wary 20th centuries were self-consciously built to look old is engaging on its own; no need to cover it up with dishonest romanticism.</p><p><br /></p><p>They STILL need to figure out how to retrofit those light fixtures<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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