It has been said before and it should be said again.
At it's Core this is NOT about saving historical buildings, It is about Saving "pretty" historical buildings.
Up until the 50's this was not a problem.
We lost uncounted romanesq and gothic treasures around the turn of the century, but they were replaced with Neo-Gothic works of art. The in the 20's and 30's we lost hundreds of older works, but those were replaced with lovely towers of Art Deco.
But then, in the 60's and 50's, what replaced them? Big Boring Boxes of Brutalism. And NOW people realize that what is replacing the old often turned out to be crap.
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"God damn modern architect's and their Brtualism, and 'realism' and damn concrete boxes. Why I remember back when buildings had STYLE back when you would have real ARTISTS working away both inside and out!
"Um, aren't you like barely 30?"
"Thats not the point you damn whipper snapper!"
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