As an architect committed to the preservation of buildings from the near as well as the distant past, I have come to the conclusion that the architecture profession as a whole is not often as committed as I am. The general public is surprised to find few architects on the barricades, fighting to protect endangered notable buildings from the past. For practicing architects, there appears to be a cycle: the current generation does not value the one before it, but it does tend to look with sympathy on the work of the generation before that: consider Victorian houses—reviled by Beaux-Arts and modernist architects in almost equal measure, but now treasured by Postmodernists.
The Paul Simon song tells us that there are 50 ways to leave your lover. Here is my short list of ways to lose a beloved landmark:
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