frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:37:08 -0500, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
><snip> 
>> Here in Pittsburgh we have a genuine Philip Johnson building (the PPG
>> tower).
>
>I saw the PPG Tower whilst wandering around downtown going to/coming
>from GFM.  Actually, I thought it was kinda ugly - just a little OTT
>for my liking.

I agree. I think it's too "odd for oddity's sake".

>Isn't Philip Johnson the guy who did the glass house?  With no
>curtains or anything, so the inhabitants can be seen all the time? 
>Apparently he was (is?) a pretty strange guy.

Yep, he did the glass house. And he *was* a strange guy - he just died
last week, which is why I mentioned him.

>PS:  Fisheye contact lenses.  Now ~there's~ an idea...  <LOL>

I'm gonna patent it!

-- 
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com

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