The Streets of London

On a gorgeous sunny afternoon, we took a double-decker bus tour of the sights of London. We saw many of the famous sights, monuments, and buildings of London. I was struck by the mixture of old and new. But the effect was not ugly or dissonant. A local residnet had told us that the British are trying to preserve as much of the old buildings as possible. They would pull down the facade, brick by brick, then tear down the old building, put up a brand new building and put the facade back, thus keeping the old look.