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RE: Amsterdam Then & Now #6 : Concertgebouw
One thing I like Europe most is you guys keep those old buildings well and intact without giving rise to an excuse that we have to give way to economic development, so we must demolish some buildings with a cultural value in exchange for tall buildings that might not fit well into the surroundings.
It’s pity sad that cultural preservation of buildings is something rare in Asia. Skyscrapers are an indicator of how well developed a place is. Shallow.....
that's pretty sad! Over here we give special buildings a monument-status. That way they will be protected from demolition ;) In Amsterdam, the skyscrapers move to the outside of town. Or areas that don't have monuments. But the city of The Hague and Rotterdam have many high rise buildings in the centre. But I don't expect them to have demolished a nice old building for it.