America has finally gotten better at protecting its cultural past, trying to preserve important pieces of its history. But are we going to far, now? “Here, for instance, we find millions of dollars allocated for tenement and prison renovation, the repair of fetid laundry rooms and leaky school roofs. Yes, there is funding for traditional cultural activity such as repair of classic houses designed by H.H. Richardson and Frank Lloyd Wright. But there is also money for sprucing up tourist traps and old scrapbooks.” – Philadelphia Inquirer