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$84,500 in the pockets of the government's favorite contracting companies. $500 to the guy who pressure washes it off the side of the building
The article discusses this. They attempted to wash it off the building and failed.
For the comments questioning why the MoJ are doing this, and the reason for the costs, the information can be found in the article: > A HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) spokesperson said: "The Royal Courts of Justice is a listed building and HMCTS are obliged to maintain its original character." This is the why . HMCTS don't have the option to "just leave it" because they're obligated by legislation to remove…
For the comments questioning why the MoJ are doing this, and the reason for the costs, the information can be found in the article: > A HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) spokesperson said: "The Royal Courts of Justice is a listed building and HMCTS are obliged to maintain its original character." This is the why . HMCTS don't have the option to "just leave it" because they're obligated by legislation to remove…
The dull blocks have no character, the artwork in contrast captures and hammers out the original character. It doesn't have to be true, nothing ever has, they just need to rubber stamp it as such.
That's your opinion and irrelevant. The Grade-II classification and the requirements it imposes don't care about your opinion.
> the artwork in contrast captures and hammers out the original character.
That's your opinion and irrelevant. The Grade-II classification and the requirements it imposes don't care about your opinion.
> It doesn't have to be true, nothing ever has, they just need to rubber stamp it as such.
What on earth are you waffling on about? Speak like a human being instead of getting ChatGPT to write comments for you.
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You think a stone building is hard to clean with a Kärcher?
Not without damaging the masonry. It wouldn't matter at all if it were a standard municipal building, but this building is protected. If Banksy stenciled another My Chemical Romance poster on the Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple in Oak Park, you'd get a flavor for how complicated the discussion would be.
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Not without damaging the masonry. It wouldn't matter at all if it were a standard municipal building, but this building is protected. If Banksy stenciled another My Chemical Romance poster on the Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple in Oak Park, you'd get a flavor for how complicated the discussion would be.
I have no idea what that temple is or which oak park you mean but I will take your words for it
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The dull blocks have no character, the artwork in contrast captures and hammers out the original character. It doesn't have to be true, nothing ever has, they just need to rubber stamp it as such.
> The dull blocks have no character That's your opinion and irrelevant. The Grade-II classification and the requirements it imposes don't care about your opinion. > the artwork in contrast captures and hammers out the original character. That's your opinion and irrelevant. The Grade-II classification and the requirements it imposes don't care about your opinion. > It doesn't have to be true, nothing ever has, they ju…
"Think of the money!" This mentality needs to go extinct. Along with billionaires.
A multi-millionaire artist costs society £150k in damages and you are OK with that? Why doesn’t the artist pay for the cleanup and removal? They have more than enough money.