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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
You realize that, at the time, most people would have said the same about the Stock Exchange? Old, soot-covered, obsolete as office space, covered with all that old-fashioned ornament, holding back progress. Tear it down already so they can build a shiny new highrise.
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Comparing those two buildings like this is a damn sin. Ignoring their obvious differences in historical significance there is some dishonesty in your comment. The Stock Exchange had great masonry, the GG building looks like something that should be in an Oakbrook industrial park