Interestingly the most famous structure on the Paris skyline does not
feature in Sarah's marvellous 360-degree photo. The Eiffel Tower was of
course designed as an ephemeral structure to mark the 1881 Paris
Exposition and has become a permanent fixture.
Rather like the Crystal Palace. Built for the 1851 Exhibition, it was
always intended to be a temporary structure. It was relocated and live
on for another seventy years before being burnt down (although the
foundations still survive at Sydenham). Yet it remains in the collective
consciousness and survives in the name of a football team. So although
in this case the (emphemeral) structure has perished the notion of the
'Crystal Palace' is very much part of modern consciousness.
Paul
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> >>But if a building that's intended to be temporary
> >>(as, eg, surely most
> >>medieval urban buildings?( survives to become
> >>heritage, it's no longer
> >>ephemeral....
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