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Moscow's avant-garde buildings under demolition threat
Many are in a poor state and developers often prefer to completely rebuild them or pull them down altogether
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Sun, May 8, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Moscow
HUNDREDS of people rallied outside a 1920s-era former telephone exchange in Moscow, decrying a plan to demolish the avant-garde landmark and build luxury flats.
But days later, developers started ripping out the building on a central boulevard anyway, watched by a disconsolate crowd of activists and locals.
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