Working notes on the book: what the sources turned out to say, what had to be corrected, and why some of it is in the collection at all.
Why the front page keeps a ledger, why the light entries outnumber the heavy ones, and why buildings still standing belong in it.
Read article →In 1994 the Regent's heritage entry was quietly redrawn to leave the auditorium out. Seventeen years later the campaign to save it could not have won.
Read article →The wrecking firm's slogan is the book's title, and the book is an argument against it.
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