sentences:  Meanwhile, in 1784, the architect Alexandre Brogniard proposed that the Bastille be demolished and converted into a circular, public space with colonnades.Director-General of Finance Jacques Necker, having examined the costs of running the Bastille, amounting to well over 127,000 livres in 1774, for example, proposed closing the institution on the grounds of economy alone.Similarly, Puget, the Bastille's "lieutenant de roi", submitted reports in 1788 suggesting that the authorities close the prison, demolish the fortress and sell the real estate off.