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• Antinous / Moderator commented on The crap they built where the beautiful old train stations were
  Face it: the Victorians build better. To the contrary, all that Victorian decoration exists because it was an age of badly mass-produced products. Traditional building techniques like mortise and tenon joints had been replaced by shoddy, out-of-plumb, unskilled construction. The Arts and Crafts movement arose as a reaction to the poor quality of Victorian Era fabrication. The things they built were more enjoyable to live and work in. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you've never lived in one. Try to figure out what to do with the fainting room. Or the fact that the...
• Antinous / Moderator commented on The crap they built where the beautiful old train stations were
  Anonymous, What was this 'beautiful old building' with existing bathrooms so small that you couldn't carve a five foot circle out of the floor? A vintage phone booth? ADA doesn't apply to private homes. ADA generally doesn't require an owner to spend a punitive amount of money to retrofit, except in urban legends. Sounds like the 'damn cripples spoil everything' argument....
• Yamazakikun commented on The crap they built where the beautiful old train stations were
  So when do they tear down Mordor Central?...
• Sork commented on London cops mug tourist for his bus-station photos
  If MI6 don't want pictures taken they would put their building in a desolated place or stop building photo worthy buildings around it....
• wooot commented on London cops mug tourist for his bus-station photos
  While it does sound heavy-handed, it must be noted that Vauxhall Bus station is almost right across the road from the MI6 building (think James Bond, Secret Service). In 2001 the IRA fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the bus to London from close by. You can kind of understand why the police round there might be a little jumpy....