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Originally Posted by Jibba
Robert AM Stern is a Driehaus laureate (not that this makes him or his -- giant -- company a preservationist), so my (faint) hope is that they find a way to preserve and incorporate at least the cast iron first floor into the design somehow.
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No, RAMSA's design will be a faux Georgian mansion, perfect for your Peaky Blinders cosplay. Essentially this (
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The cast iron arcade may be salvaged somehow, but it will probably just go into storage if anything.
The fact that RAMSA, of all firms, decided the post-Fire building was unworthy of preservation is a huge slap in the face from NY to Chicago. Tearing down actual history of a major world city to put up a Disneyland fake version of history is insulting.