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Originally Posted by Metro-One
History really does repeat.
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those who forget are doomed to repeat. just as in history, the losses of the past are not realized until well into the future. most iconic buildings destroyed over the decades we not missed until decades after their destruction.
this building is not one that is exciting, a marvel of design, or from a period that is exciting in architecture. but, the fact that it was built before the post-stunted years, it had an impact on the skyline and contributed to the breaking up of a table top.
the loss here isn't the building itself, it is the impact that will be missed. the ability to stand out will be missed. the proof that something else does exist will be missed. the Empire is what this city was, a city where you could build Landmarks from the tallest buildings in the British Empire, to one of the most ornate Art Deco buildings in the world, to one of the best transit systems in the world.
what is being built in Empire's place is exactly what this city is now. a city where being the same is desired, to cookie-cutter overpriced residential units that site empty, to building the same mediocre transit as everyone else.
to me, this is fitting as what is happening here is exactly what the city is today. but what will tomorrow be? that is what the fate of these new towers will tell us and maybe it will be something exciting like the times of past.