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Originally Posted by Comrade Reynolds
That whole block was a gem.
Ugh.
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I've been thinking about urban prarie lately.
As awful as it is, I do wonder how safe those buildings really are. I mean, what if we'd had a major earthquake in the 1980's and those buildings were still there, collapsed, and killed hundreds of people.
How do we (cost-effectively, since that's the demand that drives development) preserve old buildings while still keeping them safe?
Cause I'll tell you what - I'd rather be trying to escape a fire in that ugly parking-garage-bottom building than the old buildings that used to be there.
But I'd rather go downtown and see those old buildings, than the ugly (in a likable way) building that's there now.