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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by JustSomeNobody on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:19AM (#19673820)
> The reason this is so amazing is that the architects and planners knew it would not be completed in their lifetime, and yet they progressed for a greater cause.

Not only that, but the ones who followed them didn't balk at working on a "legacy" project.

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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by bluGill on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:31AM (#19673914)
Many of them did in fact object to working on a legacy project. Many long term projects have significant architectural changes over the years, meaning that the whole is not completely consistent in style. The Spire at Notre Dame for example (added in the 1800s) is one way latter generations objected)
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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by huffmsa on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:38AM (#19673967)
It was replaced in the 1800s. The original one was all beat up after 600 years.
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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by NotPaidToPost on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:44AM (#19674033)
It was not added in the 1800s, it was put back mostly identical to the original. It had been removed in 1786.
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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by bluGill on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:06AM (#19674266)
The replacement was made larger, and there was controversy about that.
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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by NotPaidToPost on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @12:46PM (#19675187)
Especially online in 2019, apparently... Suffice it to say that the spire wasn't added as was claimed and leave it at that.
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Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history by _shadi on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:24AM (#19673858)
move fast and burn things
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