The renovated Conti-Turm (tower) is 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, will be reduced to a mere keepsake. A hypocritical memento of the homicide that is taking place; a homicide in the name of the future. A future, that appears to become insipid the very moment it comes into being. And a place for contemplation, reflection, imagination, curiosity, and nostalgia, gone forever. Reason appears to have failed us once again.