Why don't they instead demolish new buildings and replace them with exact replicas of the old ones, so that they look exactly the same as the old ones did in 1860 or thereabouts? W... moreWhy don't they instead demolish new buildings and replace them with exact replicas of the old ones, so that they look exactly the same as the old ones did in 1860 or thereabouts? Why can't they see the obvious fact that older buildings are more aesthetically pleasing than modern monstrosities?