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It's particularly sad since the view planes are sometimes sold as a form of heritage preservation. In this case, they are preventing the reclamation of a little piece of the city's heritage.

Rebuilding the tower definitely would have made this building more impressive looking. I hope we'll one day see more and more restoration of stripped detailing like this. The former post office (AGNS) cupola is the biggest example I can think of but there are many others.

I still think this project will improve the look of the street enormously though. The empty, deteriorating facade that is there now is one of the most noticeable things along Barrington and it does not leave a great impression.