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On a tangent, learning the story of the demolition of the original Penn Station made me seriously sad. It was magnificient and served for only 50 years or so. T
by alcover 4y ago
On a tangent, learning the story of the demolition of the original Penn Station made me seriously sad. It was magnificient and served for only 50 years or so. Thinking of all that craftsmanshift, the millions of work-hours and the pride of builders makes me ill.
On that front the late 60's and 70's were a demented disaster here in France also.
- danielvaughn 4y agoIt’s especially painful after using Penn Station on a daily basis (which I did a few years ago). It’s a horrid mess. To think it was once nearly as beautiful as GCT is infuriating.
- ggm 4y agoIt is frequently said that London county council from Victorian times onward destroyed more Christopher Wren churches than the German bombing campaigns of WW1 and WW2. You can't keep all heritage buildings. I like la defense and the pompidou so if we keep those can we ditch the montparnasse tower? I don't like sacre coeur, I will trade that for a more interesting modern building.
- DemocracyFTW2 4y ago> You can't keep all heritage buildings. That's one of my best-hated faux axioms. Yeah you see, cities change, like an organism... now get out of my way will you? Gotta tear this junk down.
- ggm 4y agoYou literally can't though. Bruges and Venice and Amsterdam all deal with it to some extent. It's about ratios of old and new. Hausmann destroyed Medieval Paris. It's been going on forever. I have a fantastic coffee table book of vanished DC buildings called "Capital Losses". Well worth it, if you can find it.