PIC OF THE DAY: the eternal oak is being replaced by a cheap laminate in the classrooms of Moscow State University

"At Moscow State University, as a part of the restoration, 9 lecture halls with the oak interiors, balusters and stucco were cleaned out to zero. These parts were 50 years old. Everything was thrown into the trash. Such is the restoration. Instead of it, they put the most inexpensive laminate flooring for shelters", - Yuri Grigoryan says in his blog.

One of his readers writes about this:

“About forty years ago I was familiar with a violin maker who worked for the Bolshoi Theater. In his workshop, old dried wood, from Moscow dumps and broken houses, was assigned the most worthy place. The main thing is that the tree is dry. He has no value in the hands of a true master. When I became a restorer, I was able to appreciate it myself. One - will burn, turn into chips, and the other - will create eternal and worthy. This is the law of cultural and creative action..."