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Katkeeper · 05-04-2003, 03:37 PM

I have read that there are indeed moves afoot to rebuild the "Old Man".

Is he still a symbol if he no longer exists?

Is he a symbol if he is rebuilt and not the natural formation? Will the tourists care??

Can he be rebuilt? If you look below him, there is a gigantic sloping pile of rocks. They had to come from somewhere - like the unstable cliff above. Can this be stabilized to hold another such huge formation? Pretty formidable engineering problems. Call in the "Big Dig" folks.

And by the way, UT, if Franconia remains really small, what about the value of my land?

05-04-2003, 03:37 PM	#3
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	I have read that there are indeed moves afoot to rebuild the "Old Man". Is he still a symbol if he no longer exists? Is he a symbol if he is rebuilt and not the natural formation? Will the tourists care?? Can he be rebuilt? If you look below him, there is a gigantic sloping pile of rocks. They had to come from somewhere - like the unstable cliff above. Can this be stabilized to hold another such huge formation? Pretty formidable engineering problems. Call in the "Big Dig" folks. And by the way, UT, if Franconia remains really small, what about the value of my land?