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PhillyAccount t1_j5luoea wrote

Reply to comment by Unfamiliar_Word in Chestnut Street hotel project proposes demolishing and then rebuilding a historic building by Dryheavemorning

Defund the historical commission

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AbsentEmpire t1_j5mjqe4 wrote

This but unironically, the commission is a joke.

Just because a building is old does not mean it has to be preserved forever unchanging because of arbitrary taste in architecture. If a building didn't play an important roll in history it should be up to the property owner what to do with it. People who want to dictate what others can and can't do with their building should be forced to financially compensate the building owner for undermining their property rights for arbitrary reasons.

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