> 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.....

Cheers
Ton.

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