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Concerning removal of a lead pic 
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Architecture 

Concerning your removal of one of the lead pic that was added today: I have been looking for an appropriate image that contrasted a modern city with the wide view of Florence.  

The two pictures (and their captions) refer, in one case, to the impact of a single architect and a single structure on a city and on architecture and the architect.   The second picture demonstrates very clearly the uniformity created by 20th century structures of the so-called International style.  Although in the body of the article, almost every building is individually notable,  and such is not the case in that picture, the picture demonstrates a significant trend in architecture.  

The article is not simply about significant buildings.   In each case, the significant buildings has been selected to demonstrate the aesthetics or principals of a wide region and era, or an architectural philosophy.  

I want to emphasise that the image of Florence Cathedral has not been selected simply on the grounds of it being a great representative work of architecture (like the Parthenon, St Peter's Basilica or the Taj Mahal). It is not simply an iconic building.  It is the building that launched the notion of the ""architect"". 

The homogeneity of the Manhattan skyline is the antithesis of the image of Florence.  Read the two captions. I believe they make the point, without labouring it. 

  
I understood your intention, but still that image is not a good illustration of international style, neither is it a very good quality picture. T  

To say again what I said above:
""The homogeneity of the Manhattan skyline is the antithesis of the image of Florence.  Read the two captions. I believe they make the point, without labouring it.""  
While I agree that the image is not as high quality as it could be, the two images complement each other in terms of colour and appearance.   It is the picture of Lower Manhattan which in terms of colour and proportion fits best with the image of Florence. It includes the Twin Towers which were so much part of that landscape. 
And while I agree that the image may not show International style as well as an image of a single building might, it illustrates extremely well the affect of the style in transforming cities.  Lower Manhattan is ""iconic"" in that regard. 
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