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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dave Hill

The Olympics site trespasser

He writes:

Half-torn, lights glared straight through its exposed structure. Back-lit by electrical blue. This particular semi-demolished state appears to have near universal appeal, not only among those like me that routinely seek and find beauty in such scenes, but across a broad sweep of the population. I once watched two towers of council housing being blown down by controlled explosion and witnessed the tangible, audible even, elation among the crowd at the site.

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