In the first year of this website, I visited the Scott Joplin House. I hadn’t been back on foot until last month; I drove through back in late July. Why is that?
Scott Joplin is a fascinating character, and incredibly important to our history. But I found myself this visit being more interested in the built environment, and how the house shows us a better way–a way of living in an urban environment where you walk to stores and see your neighbors out on their porches.
But what does the State of Missouri do? Mothball the buildings for eternity. There is really no use for these vacant, state-owned buildings?
