It’s quite possible that the City planners required the builder to preserve the windows of the now demolished building. I am sure that the cost of working around the architectural feature is more than starting from scratch with a blank sheet.
You see a lot of this in London. A building is gutted and all that is left is the facade that faces the street. A couple of years later, when the project is complete, you see the ‘original’ building preserved, or apparently so.
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An interesting photo and observation, David. And lord knows how much the London skies are always full of building material and machinery, which I always note — and lament in part as well, since I think it does too often scar the skyline.
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They are building higher and taller and bigger and better – and now they are empty for fear of the pandemic.
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Yes, I had thought of that very sad reality (for the construction trade, that is) now…
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Hmm, well they’ll need to fill them up again to pay their freight… Perhaps now there’ll be more housing available?
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Turning offices in the UK into apartments has been suggested. Meanwhile there is a move out of cities because of the fear of COVID or the next pandemic, so there may not be anyone who actually wants to go live in the offices. A perfect storm of unwanted space built at enormous expense.
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They’re saying – now that COVID’s finally been acknowledged as having aerosol spread – that superior air circulation and filtration in buildings have now become imperative. (An idea whose time is far overdue, if you ask me:/)
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I was thinking that it will bring about all kinds of architectural changes – no more narrow alleyways or low ceilings in buildings – there has to be enough room to freshen the air
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I love that. Notable buildings, or their features, should be preserved!
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Yes!
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Too bad they were allowed to fall into disrepair in the first place – An ounce of Prevention’s worth a pound of Cure, as GranMa liked to say
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