The sixties and seventies featured some of the worst architecture ever. Would have loved being in the concrete business then!
cheers, frank "P.J. Alling" <[email protected]> wrote: >You know it occurred to me that a link to the file on my local machine >won't work for anyone else... > >https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20ikeasbillboard.html > >On 8/31/2013 1:09 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: >> A detail of the Armstrong Tire/Pirreli building in New Haven. A >> building that could best be described as a whimsical building of the >> brutalist school. Ikea, it's current owner would gladly tear it >down, >> to gain a few more parking spaces, but ironically the very >> institutions, historical preservation societies, designed to protect >> against concrete monstrosities burying the beauties of the past, are >> now protecting the concrete monstrosities. True, this building isn't > >> as horrific as Boston City Hall, but then what is. The building >stands >> vacant, and occasionally Ikea will hang a gigantic banner off the >side >> facing the highway. All that being said, I kind of like it. >> >> file:///C:/e%3bbackup/PESO-PAW/PESO%20--%20ikeasbillboard.html >> >> Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax 28-70mm f4.0 >> >> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
