Originally Posted by iapetus
I nearly cried when I saw that Starbucks. I've referred to it elsewhere on FT.
There are certain Starbucks and McDonalds outlets around the world that if someone came along at night (when no-one was in there) and demolished them with a bulldozer, I genuinely don't think they ought to be prosecuted for it. Some of them are so ruthlessly ugly and improperly situated that they don't deserve legal protection. (Obviously I wouldn't want anything to happen to the actual people that work there).