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My cynical take (as an American) is that anything but the previous design would have been subject to politicization and protracted decision-making. Donors would have been more fickle, stakeholder groups would have mushroomed, and reconstruction probably wouldn't have even started yet. From a project management standpoint, the decision to keep it the same was as absolute win.

[thrance]

Yes for sure, I never had much hope for any kind of change because of the reasons you gave. I think it's quite telling of our time how we cling to some idealized idea of the past.

[binary132]

would you apply the same logic to the Great Pyramid of Giza or the Taj Mahal or any of the other treasures of the world’s heritage?

[throw0101c]

> Yes for sure, I never had much hope for any kind of change because of the reasons you gave. I think it's quite telling of our time how we cling to some idealized idea of the past.

Or perhaps leave old things as they were and build new things according to current ideals?