Originally Posted by
George
When an antique is too far gone for restoration but we get it restored, it no longer becomes an antique.
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Customs house was an antique.
This might be too narrow a view. Any building or ship, anything out in the elements needs restoration work. Do you think HMS
Victory in Portsmouth is the same ship that was launched in 1765? It isn't. Nor is USS
Constellation in Boston harbor the same ship that was launched in 1797. Nor are Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's Cathedral the same buildings they were even a hundred years ago, not in the polluted atmosphere of London. I remember walking through the graveyard of St. Paul's some years ago and seeing all the disfigured marble statuary that had been brought down from the facade in order to be replaced. That's what restoration is all about. Still these things are national treasures, though they are technically not the same as they were before. It's impossible for them to be the same "antiques" they once were if we are to keep them.
Chris
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