Which building would meet the author's test most clearly?
Preservationists argue that old buildings should be protected because they link us to the past. Developers reply that cities must change, and that new buildings are often better. Both are right some of the time. A city that preserves everything becomes a museum, with high costs and little room for new life. A city that preserves nothing loses the evidence of its own history, and often the qualities that make it distinctive. The difficulty is deciding which buildings matter. Age alone is a poor guide, for the old is not always valuable; and public affection is an unreliable one, since affection can follow familiarity and may fade. A better test is whether a building embodies something that would be hard to find elsewhere and hard to reproduce once lost.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. A workshop built with a method of construction that no longer exists and cannot be copied
- Step 1: The test is whether a building embodies something hard to find elsewhere and hard to reproduce.
- Step 2: Only the unique workshop meets it.
Answer
A workshop built with a method of construction that no longer exists and cannot be copied.
Why not the others: A recent building in the usual style, a common type, a house similar to many nearby and an unprofitable building are not hard to find elsewhere or hard to reproduce.
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