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"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.trains, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
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> In the town I used to live in, there was a privately-owned department • store
> that had closed down years before even I moved there. It sat unused on • pretty
> prime real estate (one side is on the main street, the other is on the • river)
> before someone finally bought it to develop apartments. When they tore • down
> the store, they left the old art-deco facade and built the new building • around
> it! It's quite impressive. I was very happy they left that bit of
history.
As we have a bit more history in Europe it is quite common to leave the
facade of a building whilst replacing it with a totally new interior.
Many planning regulations insist that that even totally new buildings have
the appearance of their older neighbours.
Having said that, it has not stopped many badly designed and inappropriate
buildings going up too!
And you cannot halt progress. We need some modern buildings. Otherwise
Europe would be stuck in a time warp.
I am a fan of modern high tech buildings when they are done well.
regards
lawrence
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