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#1 2015-02-03 08:51:26
- doghouse
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Hotel Okura to be demolished
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/as-olympics-loom-a-landmark-of-japanese-modernism-will-be-torn-down/2015/02/01/f55fc992-84fd-4095-8b2f-2034c7a837b2_story.html?postshare=1561422977846404
Sad. Was a landmark of Japanese revival. I'd recommend anyone who has the means to see it while it lasts.
Hide thy infants, hide thy Lady, and hide thy husband, alas they art forcing sexual intercourse upon the entire populace. - Wm Shakespeare
#2 2015-02-03 09:16:28
- Worried Man
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Re: Hotel Okura to be demolished
Replaced by "glass towers". Great. As if there aren't enough of those in every major city across the globe.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#3 2015-02-03 10:11:07
- Chet
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Re: Hotel Okura to be demolished
Sad news indeed. I wonder if the fixtures and fittings will be auctioned?
Do you know what a Palmist once said to me? She said: will you let go!
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