What is it that makes people want to carve monuments

[ProudLib72]

9. Too much to close together

There are some impressive buildings for sure, but I found it difficult to appreciate them fully because 1) they were surrounded by other similar buildings 2) they were so close together that you can never find a suitable vantage point from which to view them. The Washington monument is the only structure I can think of that is removed enough that it does make a statement. However, there is the question of their choice of material. You want to ask the people who erected these buildings and monuments, "Did you ever consider using something besides white marble, you know maybe make one or two buildings stand out from the rest?"