Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history
by mcv on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:59AM
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Many medieval buildings have developed in the same way, though. I don't know if it's true for the Notre Dame, but plenty of cathedrals and castles started out much smaller than they are today, and saw regular expansions over the course of centuries. And that iconic spire of the Notre Dame was added in the 19th century.
Re:The Notre Dame fire and the future of history
by baud147258 on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @12:34PM
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From what I've read, the spire that was added in the 19th century was replacement of the one that had been removed a century earlier
A complete metro network might take 150 years to build but each line is useful on their own, the final network is composed of several semi-independent lines which get added and expanded over time, and even if the system's fulness is designed at its origin with multi-decade plans it's useful long before that.
Same with road & highway systems, or other public transport networks (trains, tramways, …). They're useful and have a point long before they're "finished", assuming there's even such a thing.