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Originally Posted by ChargerCarl
By preserving structures over people Paris has turned its city center into a museum for the pleasure of the wealthy.
So yeah, Paris has evolved, but not in a good way.
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There is a fair amount of preservation in cities like London and even NY. In the U.S., ways to incorporate the original facade, and build on top of it. Nice structures can be preserved, just takes a bif of engineering and design modification.
With land prices the way they are, places like London and Paris have no choice to build up. To be competitive to meet the residential and office demand. BUT preservation can still happen. Its not always an end sum game of demolition of the existing structure.
OR, preservationists favorite option. Internal renovation/conversion. Saves the structure, saves the facade and look, and all the new space or functions are on the inside (interior).
There are options, but as the city grows, some beauties spanning the decades will go. Its a byproduct of growth.