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Old Posted Jan 24, 2018, 2:47 PM
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I'm always in favor of architectural revivals, assuming high-quality materials are going to be used in construction. A real statue or ornamentation look good, but it just looks cheap if they're going to use styrofoam and fake stucco.

My own city's tallest is getting a "neo-deco" makeover that is well underway right now. We're going from this...



...to this.


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