It’s easy to get mad about this, everyone would prefer the fancy ceiling. But a lot of old plaster work like this was cheaply and hastily made, a lot of what survives is in bad shape. There may have been good reason to add a barrier between the plaster and the people below. This may even have been the best choice for preserving the plaster until an owner with greater resources could restore it.
This picture invites you to tell yourself a story about what happened, but it doesn’t give you enough information to know what happened.
Plus covering up the plaster allows you to run HVAC and cables without breaking it
Lower ceiling = lower cooling and heating costs as well.
Higher ceiling with proper ventilation can reduce cooling costs dramatically. Of course it works just to a certain degree
not at all
I recently saw a video where someone bought a house with an intricate ceiling like this and it turned out that it was made of styrofoam
This picture invites you to tell yourself a story about what happened, but it doesn’t give you enough information to know what happened.
And this is the root problem of memes-as-news. Hell, half the time people here worked up over a 10 year old tweet. There are so many things that seem dumb or crazy without context, and then you provide a single kernel of explanation and people are fine.
Uhg.
while this is true, also, there was the 80s… where families covered up gorgeous hard wood floors with linoleum and drop tile ceilings were considered cleaner. remember we’re talking about people who wrapped their couches and recliners in plastic! and chain smoked lol
so who knows, it could be assholes, it could be cost… I do wonder how easy it is to keep such an ornate ceiling clean / dusted… but would probably give it a go :D
everyone would prefer the fancy ceiling
Some people think reliefs, Greek revival, Rococo, Baroque, etc. are ugly, polluting to make, more toxic and dangerous to clean, wasteful, and gaudy.
Always makes me sad to see nice plaster work hidden or removed.
Is the ceiling giving birth to an alien?
Potentially a ceiling cover which contains asbestos, so they cover it up rather that deal with it. It’s not necessarily hundreds of years old.
A reasonable comment? How dare you!?
This is actually a lucky incident. By covering it, the plaster actually survived.
Corporations are an invasive species.
From the thumbnail I thought this was some joke where someone found an upside down alien artifact or something.
I’d be pissed if they had this nice eldrich ceiling in my office and covered it up with standard municipal paneling
Don’t worry, it still whispers to you through the ceiling tiles.
I fucking KNEW it! They said I was crazy they called me crazy but I knew it the whispering
That is genuinely infuriating.
The lengths bean counters will go to save a few bucks.
They reduced their air conditioning costs. The picture maybe even omit where they ran ducting that was hidden by the drop ceiling
Also, the fluorescent lights are much cheaper to operate than incandescents
But it is a mortal sin to drill a hole on that plaster to hang a crappy ceiling.
Fancy ceiling or angry contractor?
At first I thought this was bathroom tile with printed designs on it, and I was so confused
Portal on LV-246.
Save Bandit!
There’s a prison described like this in the far future series Book of the New Sun
