"The reason government buildings historically have been grand buildings is because they are supposed to be a symbol of the civic pride that goes with government," he said.
Although the damage was repairable and the building was historically and architecturally significant, Columbia Market was demolished in 1960.
In brief, the commission found that the building was historically important, and could be restored for less than the cost of demolition and new construction.
Under the compromise, developers, who once called the building "not historically significant," have agreed to convert much of it into two condominium units that would be offered for sale along with 57 newer units.
The Organisation of the Islamic Conference said that the reopening risked "dragging the region into a religious war" and claimed the building was historically on a waqf (Islamic trust) land.
Will Maryland continue to hold fast to its tragic work of racial segregation, or will it recognize the blemish it has brought to the nation's post-Civil Rights work and seek to create opportunity for all of its citizens by building its historically Black colleges?
Community-based approaches to verify scientific research can be considered a more focused attempt to tap the consensus building that historically occurs in scientific progress.
Another gripe is the difficulty of coping with local and state laws (witness the need to preserve and move a 1924 candy factory, described by Mr Moores as "a historic building that is historically insignificant in which nothing historically significant ever happened").
All the buildings are historically important to the entire United States.
In many prewar buildings, penthouses historically were low-ceilinged, former maid's quarters, Ms. Fox said, adding that it seemed illogical to have multiple floors of penthouses.
