Spaces; City Should Make It Easy for People to Plant Dream and Green Homes

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When Juli and Mike Kaufmann envisioned their dream house, it wasn't a suburban starter castle. It was small, green (read: environmentally friendly), urban and modern.

The green, urban part of the Kaufmanns' dream is well on its way to reality, on an empty lot in the historic Walker's Point area. But the small and modern part is another story. Therein lies a dilemma for historic preservation:

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Spaces; City Should Make It Easy for People to Plant Dream and Green Homes

Can this good cause come to recognize that old neighborhoods are living, breathing organisms?

Or is saving history destined to become a form of taxidermy?

Juli Kaufmann, 37, is director of the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program at the Medical College o...

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