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Historic preservation programs of course have long-range goals and implications but they typically <br />require actions to be taken in the short-term future. Historic preservation programs are therefore <br />relevant to both long-range and short-range city planning programs. As a result, it is worthwhile to <br />mention historic preservation in a city's comprehensive plan to reinforce the foundation, <br />commitment, and implementation of historic preservation programs as part of the city's growth <br />management plans. <br />A note of caution is recommended here, since in particular the 1960s, many cities and areas in <br />America have experienced enormous pressure for very expensive, very large scale developments. <br />These in turn have promised—and in many instances have delivered—large-scale employment <br />opportunities with great profits for the public sector and large tax bases for these respective <br />communities. <br />Hence, there have been parallel strong pressures on many municipalities to allow very substantial <br />economic development with the attendant pressures to limit or minimize development requirements, <br />codes, or ordinances. These pressures have in many cases across the country caused the demolition <br />of historical properties and sites that "don't fit into the developer's plans." <br />Conversely, during the past 15 or 20 years, many cities, in conjunction with more enlightened <br />developers, have found ways to preserve these structures. Examples of said preservation include: (1) <br />actually including some of these sites/structures within the proposed development itself, oftentimes <br />creating residential units and/or commercial enterprises within said sites/structures and without <br />disrupting their historical status, and (2) sometimes the developer's designers can modify the project <br />design to bypass historic areas. In any event, this will continue to be a challenge for many <br />communities in America. <br />How do you create new development in the face of possible loss of structures/sites of historical and <br />cultural significance to a community? The answer is that there are ways through the city planning <br />process, with codes, plans, common sense, and the citizen's, official's, and developer's willingness to <br />commit to saving historical entities, but also to compromise. <br />3. Relationship and Importance of Historic Preservation to City Planning. <br />(A) Historic preservation provides opportunity for greater understanding and appreciation of a <br />municipality's social, historical, physical, and cultural antecedents. <br />(B) Historic preservation provides citizens, developers, and city officials with a basis of understanding <br />the chronology of land use and physical development of a city. <br />(C) Historic preservation can provide various generations within a municipality with a "deeper sense <br />of community" and can aid in psychologically and socially uniting various generations of citizens <br />with a greater awareness of the common attributes of a city. <br />(D) The rich architectural legacy of older cities (i.e., Paris) is increasingly seen as a valuable resource in <br />the rejuvenation of urban areas. An important source for Paris in this regard is the source entitled <br />20 <br />