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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 468861, member: 39&quot;]Well, you know my opinion. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Monuments like the Eiffel Tower in Paris I find interesting because originally it did not serve any particular purpose. Kind of like what the Canadian Mint sometimes does - &quot;issuing this coin does not really make any sense but we do it because we can do it&quot; ...</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, there are quite a few other Wilhelminic/Prussian memorials in a style similar to the one in Leipzig. (Planned or built at about the same time as the Eiffel Tower!) Most of those big monuments - Leipzig, Porta Westfalica, Rüdesheim - do indeed express the &quot;spirit&quot; of those days.</p><p><br /></p><p>@mrbrklyn: The Woolworth Building has quite an interesting style. In terms of architecture, I never liked the WTC a lot; great from far away but otherwise &quot;cold&quot; and not very inviting. Now the Chrysler Building for example ... <img src="http://www.cointalk.org/images/icons/icon14.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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