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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
^That's what most people would have said about Prentice, or about a Paul Rudolph civic building, or about the Maywood Courthouse, or 55 West Wacker, or Inland Steel. In 1910, it's what they'd have said about Glessner House.
We don't assess historic importance based on popular vote. We establish criteria, and do our best to judge based on those. I have my doubts that Morton Salt will meet the criteria, but what's the harm in observing a process?
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I feel like we can still rebuild the GGP and other mid-century modernist buildings, though.
The craftsmanship and building techniques required to build things like the old Stock Exhange Building, however, are largely gone. I think that is one of the big differences.