41. The half-finished building had become a home for squatters. 42. Thereafter, the building became the subject of prolonged debate among Austrian government officials in what amounted to a referendum on national identity. 43. These older buildings became popular with startup high-technology ventures, which appreciated their ostensibly anticorporate esthetic. 44. Those bombed-out buildings became our playground. 45. When all pending legislation was nullified last December, the buildings became vulnerable. 46. When he leaves prison and returns for the gem, he learns the building has become headquarters for the Los Angeles police. 47. When the light is low, the face-powder pink buildings become one with the desert landscape and disappear. 48. Yet the building has also become a kind of beloved eyesore, an icon of its time. 49. After the communist government took power, the building became home to many of the Soviet technicians and other workers who lived in Cuba. 50. Now the building is becoming an auction room as its artefacts are sold off. |