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Dont suppose most of you are aware that in the 19th century Notre Dame was much unloved, not considered important and in disrepair - to the point demolition was imminent. The publication of Victor Hugo's "Hunchback of Notre Dame" brought it back into the popular culture of the period and it was restored and remains since.
I'm ambivalent about it. Cultural icon of Paris, yes. But also an ugly old pile, nonetheless.
I just wish people would think of the future and what we could make, instead of trying to reconstruct the past imagined through rose-coloured glasses. This applies to architecture as well as the environment.
Think Different™
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