tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295676.post5143186290501866473..comments2023-11-02T23:06:45.962-07:00Comments on of Battlefields and Bibliophiles: Time Travel? or feverish hallucination. . . THE NADIR OF LINCOLN STATUARYdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01748726942956990159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295676.post-67489096384701911072009-04-17T00:15:00.000-07:002009-04-17T00:15:00.000-07:00Cool postCool postwebsite design nychttp://www.atozsolution.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295676.post-79141681007641166542009-01-02T01:56:00.000-08:002009-01-02T01:56:00.000-08:00Anonymous,Thanks for the interesting comments. I'm...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the interesting comments. I'm sure your observations are right on the money. <BR/><BR/>Daviddwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01748726942956990159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295676.post-61025490523671496932008-12-23T12:49:00.000-08:002008-12-23T12:49:00.000-08:00Ferguson clearly did not enough research on Gettys...Ferguson clearly did not enough research on Gettysburg, otherwise he would know why the town is the way it is.<BR/><BR/>I was a reporter in that area for several years. And my newspaper had covered the town and its economy pretty extensively. (And my boss was a licensed battlefield guide.)<BR/><BR/>Until 5-10 years ago, Gettysburg did use up most of its real estate capitalizing on its place in history. High-end, thematic restaurants. High-end, thematic gift shops. Etc.<BR/><BR/>But the tourist season is only really spring and summer (especially big in the summer, during the re-enactment). NO ONE goes to Gettysburg in the winter. So no one was really patronizing the shops and the restaurants for a good portion of the year. The town residents went instead to Maryland or Harrisburg or Hanover or York for just about everything.<BR/><BR/>So the town started a Main Street organization, which did everything it could to encourage non-battle related business. The organization worked for years to reach a balance between battle related business and non-battle related business.<BR/><BR/>And, as someone who spent almost every day there for more than two years, I think they did a pretty good job. There are high-end yuppie restaurants (The Dobbin House, a house built in the late 1700s where 1700s era food is served and the servers dress in time-appropriate attire; and The Farnsworth House, a Civil War era hotel now converted to a restaurant which serves Civil War era food; and the malt shop), and sandwich shops and Chinese restaurants and bars. There are Civil War-themed gift shops and clothing shops, but also book and shoe shops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com