Bruce writes:
In my opinion, the new steel structure, clad in Lord knows what, will
be something of an insult to the designer of the original - Thomas
Hardwicke - and the craftsmen who built it. Instead of something that
respects the original, it merely apes it, while housing businesses
that were never intended to feature in the original structure.

There is perhaps no better definition than "bad architecture and
planning, and the mindless construction of anything fitting the fad of
the moment" while insulting the original. Don't you agree?

It's hard to say really; details matter a _lot_. Certainly there's
nothing inherently wrong with housing different businesses, or using
different materials.

-Miles

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Friendship, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one
in foul.