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>Don't get me wrong it's a pleasure to practice in a gorgeous Federal Courthouse, complete with grand marble accents, but I'm of the opinion those types of luxu
by cmurf 10y ago
>Don't get me wrong it's a pleasure to practice in a gorgeous Federal Courthouse, complete with grand marble accents, but I'm of the opinion those types of luxuries are a waste of tax payer dollars.
It'll last almost forever. See POS city buildings or annexes built in the last ~50 years. At a certain point all of it will will rot. There's no need to paint marble. And no matter how much you paint drywall, it'll still need painting again eventually and there's a limit at which point it increasing looks like junk. Carpeted public places? Gross. Marble everywhere, nice and clean.
- will_brown 10y agoThe marble does last, but the Federal Courthouses must be restored and renovate like anything else. For example, the Miami Federal Courthouse has been under renovation for what feels like more than 2 years now. That gorgeous masonry work on the outside/facades over time crack and end up breaking off. Maybe the Miami courthouse is just a poor example of good masonry work, but I'm pretty sure it's not unusual for the beautiful masonry in DC to have to continually be attended to in order to avoid continued and further damage.
- cmurf 10y agoI suppose, and I'm all in favor of cost/benefit analysis where it makes more sense to replace rock buildings with something modern with a fixed lifespan. We're sorta stuck with these buildings due in part to the era in which they were built, and that razing them would cost a lot also.
- lostlogin 10y agoYou don't have earthquakes and other geological excitement where you are I'm guessing. As much as I'd like more marble, the thought of its behaviour in an earthquake would make me less keen.