Back to the Future
Last month (see earlier entry) the good people of Wheaton unearthed a time capsule that had been buried 50 years ago. Inside were letters, newspapers, photographs and artefacts, which were a way of handing on the past to the future in a very personal way.
This got me to thinking what Naperville residents might consider burying if they had a time capsule.
1.A traffic violation camera. This wouldn’t necessarily say that much about how we live today, but it would certainly stop so many people getting tickets when they wait just past the stop sign or rush ahead as the lights are changing.
2.A ticket from AMC Movie Theater. Believe me $10 will seem laughably cheap when we’re all paying $50.
3.A cell phone or iPod so people can laugh and say “can you believe how big they used to be?”
4.A catalogue of GM cars to prove they weren’t an urban myth.
5.A photo of the area surrounding Fifth Avenue Station before it housed a state of the art 2,700 seat theater.
6.A map showing Naperville before Joliet was a close neighbour.
7.A plan of the Naper Settlement before City Hall was taken down and rebuilt in its grounds brick by brick as an historic exhibit.
8.A photo of Jefferson Street before every store was a Starbucks.
9.Copies of all local publications because in 50 years time you’ll only be able to read them on the Internet.
10.A traffic cone from the construction at 75th and Washington. On second thoughts scrap that one. The work will probably still be going on.
This got me to thinking what Naperville residents might consider burying if they had a time capsule.
1.A traffic violation camera. This wouldn’t necessarily say that much about how we live today, but it would certainly stop so many people getting tickets when they wait just past the stop sign or rush ahead as the lights are changing.
2.A ticket from AMC Movie Theater. Believe me $10 will seem laughably cheap when we’re all paying $50.
3.A cell phone or iPod so people can laugh and say “can you believe how big they used to be?”
4.A catalogue of GM cars to prove they weren’t an urban myth.
5.A photo of the area surrounding Fifth Avenue Station before it housed a state of the art 2,700 seat theater.
6.A map showing Naperville before Joliet was a close neighbour.
7.A plan of the Naper Settlement before City Hall was taken down and rebuilt in its grounds brick by brick as an historic exhibit.
8.A photo of Jefferson Street before every store was a Starbucks.
9.Copies of all local publications because in 50 years time you’ll only be able to read them on the Internet.
10.A traffic cone from the construction at 75th and Washington. On second thoughts scrap that one. The work will probably still be going on.
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