Re:Hitler’s Flak Towers Were Anti-Aircraft Castles
by vacri on Monday June 29, 2015 @08:20PM
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> Destroying them is pretty much impossible owing to their proximity to urban spaces—and the sheer amount of explosives required.
This bit also annoyed me. It's not the amount of explosives required, it's that it's too expensive. Destroying large lumps of concrete can be done with technology we've had since the start of written history - a quarry isn't all that different. It's just that it's really labour-intensive, and hence, expensive.
It's interesting also that the pictured 'renovation' idea does very little to mask the shape of the tower. If you want to stop it looking like a lumpen fascist monument, add some new lines to it, make it look visibly different, rather than overgrown.
This bit also annoyed me. It's not the amount of explosives required, it's that it's too expensive. Destroying large lumps of concrete can be done with technology we've had since the start of written history - a quarry isn't all that different. It's just that it's really labour-intensive, and hence, expensive.
It's interesting also that the pictured 'renovation' idea does very little to mask the shape of the tower. If you want to stop it looking like a lumpen fascist monument, add some new lines to it, make it look visibly different, rather than overgrown.