The Notre Dame fire and the future of history

Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by ForHackernews on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:17AM (#19673802)

Sagrada Família in Barcelona[0] was started in 1882 and is scheduled to be completed by 2030.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by JackFr on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:30AM (#19673903)

St. John the Divine in NYC has been under construction for over 100 years, with no completion date set and future funding uncertain.

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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by bluGill on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:40AM (#19673987)

Many long term historical buildings had start and stops while under construction because funding was lacking.

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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by ianbooker on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:37AM (#19673957)

As is the NYC subway renovation ;)

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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by zaarn on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:46AM (#19674052)

Or the BER Airport.

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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by telesilla on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:41AM (#19674002)

Isn't one reason for this because it's such a huge attraction generating so much money, that finishing it might actually bring in less money? That's anecdotal from my Barcelona colleagues complaining..

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