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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
A nice place to contract tetnaus too.
Honestly no architect every thought slapping a fire escape on the front of a building was an improvement because it never has been. They are cool to see in alleys or whatever, but totally obsolete and rickety maintenance nightmeres otherwise. I say this as someone who owns a building with a non-mechanical fire escape.
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lots of infrastructure can take on its own beauty, even if it wasnt the original intention. look at the newfound appreciation of old water tanks as another good example, or remnants of cobblestone, or old railroad tracks still embedded in pavement in downtown neighborhoods, or obsolete lift bridges still kept around. does everything have to have such a purist standpoint?
http://photo.jellyfields.com/image/1...dows-lines.jpg
and these sorts of little touches are things that enhance the visual texture of our city compared to more generic modern areas. theres actual history that has taken place here and you can see it for yourself.