http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2008/10/28/what-to-do-with-that-hideous-church/ D.C. Real Estate Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:52:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2008/10/28/what-to-do-with-that-hideous-church/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Washington City Paper: Housing Complex - The Battle Continues Over The Third Church of Christ, Scientist Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:17:02 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=791#comment-596 [...] personally believed the Third Church of Christ, Scientist should be sold off to a club-owner and renamed “Brutal” or “Octagon” or “Ugly” or [...] [...] personally believed the Third Church of Christ, Scientist should be sold off to a club-owner and renamed “Brutal” or “Octagon” or “Ugly” or [...]

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2008/10/28/what-to-do-with-that-hideous-church/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Mr T in DC Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:24:33 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=791#comment-179 Sorry, I don't buy it, and am an ardent supporter of historic preservation in DC. It is only fair and decent to the memory of the REAL historic buildings on the site that were demolished in the 1960s so this monstrosity could be built to demolish it. We should not reward mediocrity and previous urban planning/historic preservation errors. What next, Madison Square Garden should be preserved as a shining example of our collective stupidity and blundering? Sorry, I don’t buy it, and am an ardent supporter of historic preservation in DC. It is only fair and decent to the memory of the REAL historic buildings on the site that were demolished in the 1960s so this monstrosity could be built to demolish it. We should not reward mediocrity and previous urban planning/historic preservation errors. What next, Madison Square Garden should be preserved as a shining example of our collective stupidity and blundering?

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