Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old

Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by paganel on Friday February 14, 2020 @04:35AM (#22325195)

If Notre Dame had been raised to the ground by the fire and then rebuilt then the answer is yes, that would have been considered a new building. Downtown Warsaw and the “old” Dresden are also comprised of new buildings which have been made to look the same as those that were demolished during WW2.

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by PinguTS on Friday February 14, 2020 @04:47AM (#22325258)

I cannot say anything about Warsaw. I was never there.

I can add to Dresden and Nuremberg. Both of them where nearly destroyed and rebuild. But the rebuild is not an exact rebuild. It is new and modern buildings.

But there are exceptions like the Frauenkirche in Dresden and alike buildings here in Nuremberg. They are almost exactly rebuild in the name of conserving heritage. Yes, they are also rebuild or even retrofitted with new things like electric and plumbing. But that doesn't mean they are new buildings.

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by gindely on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:35AM (#22326343)

Does Warsaw and Dresden continue? Or are they new cities, since their buildings were destroyed?

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by frosted-flakes on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:59AM (#22326531)

As you said, their building were destroyed, not the cities themselves. The cities were damaged and restored, just like a classic car.

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