Actually, what they had gone for was a world famous architect that would attract guests from all over the world and increase traffic congestion and police protection. Better to go for Ugly and let the French enjoy the tourists. Not long ago I took my daughter to the Seagram which has two long pieces of green marble in front of the building. We liked to lie down on our backs to look at great buildings from the bottom up. While I was on my back I felt the edge of the marble and a small piece came off in my hand. I now have that next to the other shards from famous buildings and places around New York City. So Harry, who was that famous architect?
Ray Evans Harrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 1:21 PM Subject: RE: Soaring works? (was RE: To survive or not to survive.) > Arthur, > > LIFE had an editorial some years ago when the Seagram building was built in > New York. Apparently, the architects had gone for beauty rather than a lump > of concrete. > > So, their property tax was increased. > > The LIFE editorial said the Henry George must be spinning in his grave. > > Like a top, no doubt. > > Harry > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Arthur wrote: > > >Ray, > > > >When someone came up with the idea of building according to price per square > >foot the notion of soaring works simply faded away. In some ways that was > >the major complaint vis a vis the twin towers. Large, modular, banal. > >Large widgets. > > > >arthur > > > ****************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of LA > Box 655 > Tujunga CA 91042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (818) 352-4141 > Fax: (818) 353-2242 > ******************************* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.393 / Virus Database: 223 - Release Date: 9/30/2002 >
