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Erasmus Ikpemgbe discusses the importance of preserving architectural, historical, and cultural significance
1:04:32
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Erasmus Ikpemgbe, a nominee for the Landmark Preservation Commission, shares his perspective on the importance of preserving architectural, historical, and cultural significance in the city. He emphasizes the commission's charge and expresses his commitment to these preservation efforts.
- Ikpemgbe highlights that the commission's role is to protect architecturally, historically, and culturally significant sites
- He notes that preservation is important for both the economics and cultural life of the city
- Ikpemgbe expresses his desire to use his potential role as a commissioner to influence and preserve structures that may not currently be in the system
Erasmus Ikpemgbe
1:04:32
I guess first I'd like to say thank you for your question.
1:04:36
And I understand the the importance of it as well.
1:04:42
Hopefully, if I'm allowed to become a commissioner, I'll be able to look at more depth at things like this.
1:04:54
The charge for the commission is to protect architecturally, historical, and cultural significances within our city.
1:05:03
And through that protection, it's important because it actually it deals with the economics of the city and just the cultural life of it as well.
1:05:15
And these are things that are important to me.
1:05:20
So if given the opportunity, these are things I would want to work with as well and actually see what I can do to actually maybe provide some type of influence or so as I can in whatever capacity that I can to actually be able to serve to actually serve and actually preserve structures that may not more or less be in the system per per se and see how what can be done to actually maybe move things along.