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[quote=Anonymous]An aspect of this question reflects a cousin of selection bias. Those few buildings from that era that have survived (union station, Brooklyn bridge, etc.) give us the impression that all the buildings from then are somehow better and of greater architectural value than things being built nowadays. In fact, the opposite is very often true. Most buildings built back then were shabby and ugly and have since been torn down or are completely run down. Even the ones that remain and are celebrated today were often originally made with terrible materials like steels that were substantially of lesser quality than anything we use now even for your standard industrial park. Their permanency is effected in spite of these defects and mostly due to external events like the Brooklyn bridge becoming a historical relic. Indeed, if these buildings weren't frequently re-finished and remodeled today, they'd crumble or break down and might very well be replaced. [/quote]
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