[someone123]

Consider the hideous building to the right of the church -- something that never should have been built like that in that location. The church is actually a pretty nice building for the area, and it is brick and stone instead of plastic and thin veneers.

I won't be too upset if the new building is half decent but I think we're too cavalier with older buildings given the fact that the replacement buildings are typically cheap and poorly designed. We do the equivalent of tossing out hardwood furniture instead of refinishing it ("it's nothing special") and then replacing it with stuff from IKEA.