In a city that grew up fast and changes quickly ... some of the old institutions and businesses and buildings that represent the past are a good thing to hold on to. It's kind of like looking at old family pictures.

It gives the city a mechanism to more quickly and more effectively stop businesses that are masquerading as legitimate businesses,

We won't have as much polish on the buildings and grounds as we'd like, but all our learning institutions are ready,

This is why we have to make changes.

It's interesting how quickly it fell out of favor. The children of the older families didn't want to live there, and neither did the new wealthy families. By 1910, many of the houses had been converted to rooming houses or factories.

The Moscow of these pageants is the old core city with its buildings of pastel hues and white trim that, with the season's continual dustings of snow, appear to be the work of confectioners.