“The Helderberg escarpment is a singular natural landmark. This is the first of a two-part series examining how views of — and from — this landmark have shaped our development and how this asset continues to provide unique definition to the communities that share the Helderberg viewshed.
Before anything was built, there was the setting. And there were the views. Before the bucolic farms, before the fancy gingerbread trim added to ornate Victorian homes, before the gazebos and the steeples and the spires on the station, there were the views. And the views inspired all that followed.”
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Perlee, Jeff. Altamont Enterprise 29 January 2020.