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Verbal·Craft and Structure·Cross-Text Connections
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Text 1
Urban preservation policies should prioritize the strict material restoration of historic buildings to their original architectural state. Altering historic structures to accommodate modern commercial enterprises compromises their authentic character and severs the tangible link between a community and its architectural heritage. Municipalities must therefore enact protective covenants that prohibit substantial modifications to original interior floorplans, facade materials, and decorative detailing.

Text 2
Urban theorist Jane Jacobs argued that cities need old buildings to cultivate vibrant, diverse economic activity, but preserving structures purely as frozen museum pieces is unsustainable. When historic buildings undergo adaptive reuse—repurposing industrial warehouses or nineteenth-century storefronts into housing, creative studios, or local businesses—they remain active contributors to neighborhood life while avoiding the high capital costs and carbon expenditure of new demolition and construction.
Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the preservation approach advocated in Text 1?
A
By agreeing that modifying original interior layouts always leads to severe economic decline in historic districts
B
By suggesting that preserving original structures without permitting functional updates can prevent historic buildings from serving vital community and economic roles
C
By demonstrating that historic buildings require identical structural maintenance regardless of whether they are preserved as museums or reused
D
By contending that new construction projects generate lower carbon emissions than the structural retrofitting of existing buildings