Edit: For those that didn’t read the article, the lab is radioactive.
I know how important Marie Curie is, but the lab she worked at isn’t.
Take pictures, recreate it, make it a museum, destroy the original. There is nothing special about a place somebody worked or lived at other than a “huh, neat” factor.
Why tf it’s not a protected historic site already? It *is* worth more than whatever the ‘dEveLopeRs’ want to build on its place anyway. Also, isn’t it radioactive?
Ok, so you (France) put that woman on your new money and you desecrate her memory at the same time…not cool
Not the prettiest building, but seeing as she’s such a major figure, why not keep it? Maybe build a museum next to it? I’m sure many people would be interested in seeing this.
Not preserving heritage like this (if only in part, I fully understand if radioactive components need to be removed) would truly be a shame. I’m actually surprised, I’d assume this building is now old enough that even the older generations must realise it’s historic significance and the importance of its preservation in order to tell that history. Saying this because people who lived close enough to historic events usually don’t regard objects or buildings associated with it as historic, whilst they do tend to be very important in order for the next generations in order to understand the history and connect to it.
How is this building not protected yet?
Maria Skłodowska-Curie
The radioactive one?
Guys. Her name is Maria Skłodowska-Curie, why does everyone try so hard to call her Marie?
I get that Poles want her to be remembered as a Polish woman as it was also very important for her and considered herself as polish too.
But it’s also true she was a French citizen and known as Marie Curie. I don’t think she would have corrected anyone called her Marie in France where she worked and succeeded. Both are valid and true at the same time.
*Maria Skłodowska-Curie.
But I guess it’s Guardian, so quite the expected quality.
It’s very silly to freeze a lab in place over the objection of the scientists actually working around as it makes it harder for them to work and figure out new things which is like the opposite of the point of preserving historical sites so that people are inspired to learn by them. In particular this case since people can’t even go there due to the radioactive material. Take a picture and move on.
Why did someone want to destroy it?
Send in a robot with a 360° camera, record the whole thing for posterity, then seal it. Surely demolishing it will release the radioactive material and endanger the workers?
People in the comments arguing about the name and importance of national identity it carries, missing the half of the story of why she chose to use her maiden name. The Skłodowska part is not just about her national heritage, but about her fight for her whole life to be recognized as a scientist in her own merit, not just the “wife of her husband” in times where women were widely disregarded in academic circles. She herself insisted on using her maiden name. While her fame overshadowed that of Pierre Curie, it’s still important to honor what was important to a human of such excellency as Maria and how hard of a battle she fought to remain Skłodowska.
“…for now” Like its a damn marvel cliffhanger
But think about all the office buildings that could drive up real estate and make traffic a nightmare!!??!
They could just recreate it in another location that isn’t radioactive
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I will start:
Was she polish or french?
Maria Skłodowska* that was her main surname
Depolonization is still going well
“It’s radioactive and unusable”: researchers at the Institut Curie in Paris defend the demolition of the Pavillon des Sources. [french source](https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/patrimoine/reportage-il-est-radioactif-et-inutilisable-les-chercheurs-de-l-institut-curie-a-paris-defendent-la-destruction-du-pavillon-des-sources_6283626.html)
Edit: For those that didn’t read the article, the lab is radioactive.
I know how important Marie Curie is, but the lab she worked at isn’t.
Take pictures, recreate it, make it a museum, destroy the original. There is nothing special about a place somebody worked or lived at other than a “huh, neat” factor.
Why tf it’s not a protected historic site already? It *is* worth more than whatever the ‘dEveLopeRs’ want to build on its place anyway. Also, isn’t it radioactive?
Ok, so you (France) put that woman on your new money and you desecrate her memory at the same time…not cool
Not the prettiest building, but seeing as she’s such a major figure, why not keep it? Maybe build a museum next to it? I’m sure many people would be interested in seeing this.
Not preserving heritage like this (if only in part, I fully understand if radioactive components need to be removed) would truly be a shame. I’m actually surprised, I’d assume this building is now old enough that even the older generations must realise it’s historic significance and the importance of its preservation in order to tell that history. Saying this because people who lived close enough to historic events usually don’t regard objects or buildings associated with it as historic, whilst they do tend to be very important in order for the next generations in order to understand the history and connect to it.
How is this building not protected yet?
Maria Skłodowska-Curie
The radioactive one?
Guys. Her name is Maria Skłodowska-Curie, why does everyone try so hard to call her Marie?
I get that Poles want her to be remembered as a Polish woman as it was also very important for her and considered herself as polish too.
But it’s also true she was a French citizen and known as Marie Curie. I don’t think she would have corrected anyone called her Marie in France where she worked and succeeded. Both are valid and true at the same time.
*Maria Skłodowska-Curie.
But I guess it’s Guardian, so quite the expected quality.
It’s very silly to freeze a lab in place over the objection of the scientists actually working around as it makes it harder for them to work and figure out new things which is like the opposite of the point of preserving historical sites so that people are inspired to learn by them. In particular this case since people can’t even go there due to the radioactive material. Take a picture and move on.
Why did someone want to destroy it?
Send in a robot with a 360° camera, record the whole thing for posterity, then seal it. Surely demolishing it will release the radioactive material and endanger the workers?
People in the comments arguing about the name and importance of national identity it carries, missing the half of the story of why she chose to use her maiden name. The Skłodowska part is not just about her national heritage, but about her fight for her whole life to be recognized as a scientist in her own merit, not just the “wife of her husband” in times where women were widely disregarded in academic circles. She herself insisted on using her maiden name. While her fame overshadowed that of Pierre Curie, it’s still important to honor what was important to a human of such excellency as Maria and how hard of a battle she fought to remain Skłodowska.
“…for now” Like its a damn marvel cliffhanger
But think about all the office buildings that could drive up real estate and make traffic a nightmare!!??!
They could just recreate it in another location that isn’t radioactive
*Skłodowska