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Yeah, Portugal should simply tear down all the old mouldy buildings of Lisbon and replace them with shiny skyscrapers, so each and every Portuguese can have the
by ephbit 4y ago
Yeah, Portugal should simply tear down all the old mouldy buildings of Lisbon and replace them with shiny skyscrapers, so each and every Portuguese can have their very own flat in Lisbon.
Or if they're crazy enough to want to keep these old buildings they could just build all the skycrapers in the park surrounding peak Monsanto, easy.
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- TulliusCicero 4y agoThe purpose of housing is to house people. Historical buildings are nice, but for apartment blocks at least, yes, the priority has to be actually housing people. You can always require historical-looking facades if looks are a concern.
- ephbit 4y ago> You can always require historical-looking facades if looks are a concern. I assume you have actually seen the inside of old buildings with your own eyes. In no way is the look & feel of the inside of an old building comparable to a modern one. Yes, old buildings sure have downsides. But pretending nobody looses anything when you only keep historical (or even just historical looking) facades is eyewash. I bet there are ways for the Portuguese Gvt to encourage renovation of all the dilapidated old style buildings instead of encouraging speculators to wait for them to collapse so they can build new and cheap and with loosing every bit of charm a building can have.
- qu4z-2 4y agoThe grandparent does rather seem to want to replace Lisbon with Disneyland.