Had the entire demolition been approved, only the renovated “Conti-Turm” (tower) were to remain, as an orphan of the past. A dreary reminder which would be better off torn down too, for its presence, once a prelude to another time and space, would have been reduced to a useless keepsake. Still, the spatial and atmospheric qualities of the place will soon be drastically different, and so a catalyst for contemplation, reflection, imagination, curiosity, enlightenment and nostalgia will gradually disappear. For the time being, that is; for every building that comes into being is nothing but a ruin in development.
Funny how decisions made in the name of reason are often the most devastating.