Sixteen years in the making, a concert hall that will be the new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic was inaugurated Monday. The modernistic building, designed by architect Frank Gehry, was heralded by dignitaries as a city landmark.
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The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance.
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The buildings now being demolished are said to date back to the opening of the Trent Valley line in 1846. They will be replaced by modernistic structures, including a fully mechanised booking office, which will be concentrated mainly on the Low Level down platforms, [...].
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