Frank O Gehry's $150 million center for tolerance is being built on an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem which is causing confusion throughout the region. Is this tolerance? TRIB l PC l LI l More
Incidentally, the "haunted house built on burial ground" meme originates in the American south, where burials had traditionally taken place on higher ground. In areas prone to flooding, these were the best sites for houses. So there was a much better than random chance of building on top of a burial ground. No such excuse here.
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selamum aleykum brotha, can you spare a bitchin' memorial on the site? (since you got busted..)
okay Frank, just take some deep breaths and think, 'what would Koolhaas do.'
rem would handle it with more theory?
Incidentally, the "haunted house built on burial ground" meme originates in the American south, where burials had traditionally taken place on higher ground. In areas prone to flooding, these were the best sites for houses. So there was a much better than random chance of building on top of a burial ground. No such excuse here.
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