On 9-5-2019 11:21, Ton wrote:
>> Is it just me? I believe that these early innovations (including also
>> the Eifel Tower) have much more artistic/aesthetic appeal than, lets
>> say... a Saturn 5 rocket! I know that modern design can be aesthetically
>> attractive too once in a while, but it has not that same "glow" as those
>> 19th century products.
>>
>> --
>> Thomas
> 
> I don't think it's just you. Compare Amsterdam Centraal Station with for
> instance Eindhoven, or other modern railway stations.
> A very fine example of Victorian design is this sewage pumping station in
> England:
> http://www.annandave.org/Abby%20Mills.htm
> 
> Its main purpose is (was) pumping London sewage into the Thames. It looks like a
> castle, and inside.....
> 

I fully agree. So many examples could be mentioned, e.g.: The railway 
station of Haarlem (the first in NL if I remember correctly), the 
ancient Halles of Paris (replaced by that monstrous Centre Pompidou)...

-- 
Thomas

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