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Kammerer discusses how the redevelopment of the 1960s and expansion of 1970s and 80s have swept away most of the historical buildings and fabric of Greenville’s past. The face of the whole town through its different periods of history, have been lost because of money, greed, indifference and the so called “dubious advantages of modernity.” We need our past to enrich our lives and to look to the future. As Carl Sandburg once wrote: “When men forget what they have done and where they came from, they have lost the foundation for going forward.” To maintain the character of Greenville, the future will have to be concerned with the city’s past. Kammerer talks about tnumerous old stores and landmarks now gone. He talks about the Boyd Store (Jesse and Elsie's grocery store), once located in the Forbestown section of Greenville at the corner of Evans and Eleventh streets and torn down in 1989. This store is pictured in The Architectural Heritage of Greenville, North Carolina, published in 1988 by the Greenville Area Preservation Association. Kammerer discusses two preservation groups, The Evergreen Corporation and GAPA (Greenville Area Preservation Association).