Wow, which piece of shit did they bribe for that? They completely destroyed the interior of the building. Isn’t there any heritage protection?
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HK65@sopuli.xyz 22 hours ago
We used to have the only McDonald’s (that I know of) that was in a building designed by Eiffel.
They “modernised” it last year.
blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 21 hours ago
HK65@sopuli.xyz 17 hours ago
AFAIK it was part of a larger restoration of the whole building complex (this is the Budapest Nyugati railway station), and the global redesign of McDonalds. They justified it by saying that the architecture is closer to the original - the lower level only became part of it when they built the McDonalds in 1990, before that it was a separate diner for the poors in third class. The furniture is default McDonalds.
The overall restoration on the building at large is not bad per se, but they basically destroyed a symbol of the Hungarian 90s - 00s. This was the place where if you lived in Budapest and got wasted, you could get some nutrition in the city center, and it wasn’t full of tourists because they didn’t think that the railway station buffet was so good.
BTW the local franchisee is trying to cater more to a “fast casual” crowd rather than the bare minimum, so a McDonalds in Hungary has a menu three times as long as one in the Netherlands for example. All I’m saying is that it was a nice place considering. Sic transit gloria mundi I guess.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
Can I have my fries tho you were holding them those last three paragraphs no keep talking tho this is interesting
blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 11 hours ago
Thank you for the interesting context!
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
From beautiful 19th century architecture to boring modern office lounge. Not everything needs to be updated for current trends.
DrSoap@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
My college did this. It might have been due to bedbugs. They swapped the cozy built in furniture with this weird vinyl stuff. Bugs can’t get into the seams.
frezik@midwest.social 27 minutes ago
Some of that is from white balance making the top picture look warmer, but even accounting for that, it’s a tragedy.