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You don’t have to struggle. There are plenty of videos and photos of that time that you can check out. Also if you visit London you can go around and see a bunch of buildings they haven’t rebuilt and just left them in semi destroyed state as monuments

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> Also if you visit London you can go around and see a bunch of buildings they haven’t rebuilt and just left them in semi destroyed state as monuments

I lived in London for 20 years and never knew or saw anything like that?

The main thing you notice when you walk around London is the old/new mix. If you see a concrete monstrosity, nestled next to a Victorian/Edwardian/Elizabethan building, you're probably guaranteed that the newer building was built on top of a bomb site.

London bomb sites used to be frequent enough that they were backgrounds in 50s - 60s TV, such as The Professionals, but current economic success conditions have meant they've all been built over.

I have been in London a few times but never noticed.

What? Where are these semi-destroyed buildings left as monuments? I am not aware of any in London.

Mostly churches, it seems.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-ruins-of-st-dunstan-...

https://flickeringlamps.com/2015/03/06/the-ruins-of-christ-c...

https://beyondthepoint.co.uk/st-clements-church-blitz-damage...

Yeah sorry I was specifically referring to Christchurch Greyfriars. Basically it was as the article said, I was staying in the area (near uh a pub Samuel Pepys I believe) and was walking around and that was definitely one of the things that caught my eye. Maybe such things aren’t as common as I thought

I spent a bit of time in Budapest, something like 80% of the buildings were damaged during WWII and neglected behind the iron curtain afterwards. Even walking around today it is very common for a building to have a restored facade but a lot of historical damage on the sides.

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