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![]() Edwin HeathcoteFinancial Times |
Swapping the car for the tree has not been a universally popular strategy
Technology and modernisation were transforming these financial monuments even before the Copenhagen blaze
The UK government wants them converted to homes but that is misguided — the buildings have a very different potential
Turning grand 19th-century town halls into luxury flats and hotels diminishes the public realm — and civic pride