For
Modern buildings are safer and more efficient.
Against
Old buildings hold cultural and historical value.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“A new, useful, building is better than an old, unused, building every day of the week.”
“New construction is safer, quieter, more efficient, better for the environment, and are sensitive to the disabled.”
“They are the phisical manifestation of collective memory”
“most of their carbon emissions are embodied in the structure already.”