Communing with history is another way to stiffen the laxity of a vacation: famous buildings, battlefields and landmarks are popular and lucrative draws.
Given that the now-disused hall is one of Manchester's few famous buildings, it seemed a mite perverse for the council to attempt to deform it.
It also offers interactive tours of famous buildings such St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City which are generated by morphing between photos uploaded by users.
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"Included in there are some very substantial and famous buildings, but also some very substantial investments in companies we have built up, like the NEC and the airport, " he said.
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The flaw in this argument is that if Manchester wants to attract hordes of tourists and convention-goers, vandalising one of its most famous buildings would be a strange way to do it.
Marketers for famous-architect buildings have big names to drop.
The 132-hectare site contains some of the world's largest and most famous botanical glasshouses and historic buildings.
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In high-rise-centric Manhattan, the most sought-after properties are prized condominiums touting enviable views of Central Park from massive mansion-like layouts in ultra exclusive buildings with world famous addresses.
There has traditionally been a lot of opposition to more tall buildings cutting out the famous views of St Paul's Cathedral.
Banksy, whose true identity has never officially been revealed, became famous for creating politicised stencils on the walls of public buildings.
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It is well-known for bringing derelict buildings back into use, most notably the famous Art Deco Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire, and Fort Dunlop in Birmingham.
In the city of Nizhny Novgorod, east of Moscow, Nikita Nomerz is famous among street artists for literally giving a new face to derelict buildings.
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One of Maputo's landmark buildings is the train station designed by an associate of the famous French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
Petersburgopens to guests on August 1, 2013 and is part of Four Seasons Historic Hotels, a small sub-collection within the famous luxury brand that includes unique and architecturally important heritage hotels in Europe, set in buildings dating from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries.
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