Comments about architecture

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Meltem Yilmaz: I think I am the only Turkish citizen who interests on Benny Farm although I never lived there. I did a research about the green-project for Benny Farm in 2006 under the supervision of a......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

an_architect: well its a good thing most of people reporting "architecture hazzards" aren't architects...You know architecture doesn't just come and go...it stays for sometime...and designers work hard to show people how to consider the visual elements......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

Jamie: This is awesome. Question though, as the architecture doesn't give too much away. Is this London or New York?...

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

CE: The first picture is why I love vernacular architecture so much, you can get such a feeling of place from it. When I first looked at the first picture, I forgot to look at......

in response to: Journey Down Baltimore Avenue by serlingrod

Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Jacob: Really, no-one? ok.. moscow! it might be better to put in nicest cities... because its skyline isnt huge... but a mix of tsarist, soviet, modern architecture is amazing. The old orthodox cathedrals infront of a soviet......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

sara: can i have some more about the african architecture ? especially the ethnical one......

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

Anshai: what are some characteristics of African Architecture?...

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

Ken : Cool lookin' building, the Art Deco style of the 1930's is one of my favorite forms of architecture., is there a public observation deck at the top?...

in response to: Montreal from the Aldred Building by CE

Ken : Beautiful pic of Tour de la Bourse, it's a fine example of 1960's architecture in Montreal along with Place Ville Marie & Habitat 67. You don't get cool looking buildings like these in Toronto, the CN......

in response to: Tour De La Bourse by Cinic

anon 2: This is a bit of a late response, but for people who wander across this later.... I grew up in New York City and San Francisco. When I was in Las Vegas, I made a......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

makearchitecture: John Vinci is the architect...

in response to: Hotel Detective by procyon

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

EvilGentleman: Judging from the looks of that building, I suspect "forever" might be pushing it. A shame, though. It looks pretty solidly built, and I would think a little TLC would put a fine piece of......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

Anonymous: Exactly what I was about to say, EvilGentleman. What possible advantage could revealing all this give to the "New World Order?" Wouldn't they want to keep it secret? If it was intentional, it......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Robert Moss: I hear that it's going to be turned into a hotel to open in February. They're going to have a nice restaurant inside as well. I'm just glad that they're allowing for some history to......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Carl: Yeah, gentrification is rampant in NYC, Bushwick is feeling it now. I don't mind new architecture if it's interesting. Unfortunately, many times, intricate architecture gets torn down and replaced with a rectangle. The irony of......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Ah kan: exactly!! this is just an iconic, amazing, adorable piece of architecture!! the gherkin was built between 2001-2004! amazing errrr!!!!! ...

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

Peter: dangerduckie: if theyre in {cleveland} or {detroit}, it would be hard for them to qualify for the title of ##ugliest buildings in {new york}##, yeah? sure, {nyc} has more run-down and burned out places- it is,......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

Shon B.: Nice views. Haven't spent real quality time in BK; maybe I'll start exploring it the next time I visit NYC. You should check out the neighborhoods and architecture here in Chicago....

in response to: Prospect Heights: by Peter

EvilGentleman: And nt, maybe the building would seem a little nicer if it had working escalators. Whenever I look at it, I can't help but think about the damn escalators inside. And don't tell me, lemme......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

Kate Buchanan: I went there last friday. Its awesome. A really great blend of modern and old architecture....

in response to: britomart by starlajo

Jeanine : I just moved back to Colorado with my fiance. We are both into medevil art and when we saw the castle we both fell in love with it. I hope to be holding my wedding......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Osloman20plus: Thanks for the comment Jamie, the "tag-bundle" was not intentional, lol, I didn't remember how the tag-function actually worked.. Yeah I agree Norway is underrepresented. I'll try to remedy that somewhat, but unfortunately, I only......

in response to: On a Walk from Grunerløkka to St. Hanshaugen by Osloman20plus

oh dear...: iman: 4th Apr 2007 - 00:25 GMT i'm glad i live in a fun town where people know how to live good. i am never moving to the south. I just want to let iman know that......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Hijaz: Kuala Lumpur will be adding some supertalls(The 4 Seasons Place and Lot C) that will match and complement the Petronas Towers height and architecture in some years to come. Then hopefully the author will rank......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

maybetoday: I don't know much about the rest of Missouri's architecture. Because of St. Louis' role as a prominent hub for immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century to the early-twentieth century, its architecture is quite varied.......

in response to: Old North St. Louis Pt. II by maybetoday

Jamie: again. that last shot, were it not for the flamboyantly colonial building on the end this scene could easily be anywhere in {manchester} or {leeds}. Totally {English} architecture. Is much of St. Louis and Missouri......

in response to: Old North St. Louis Pt. II by maybetoday

colavitos ghost: brutalist architecture at its finest!...

in response to: De Maisonneuve and MacKay by CE

EvilGentleman: I am absolutely in love with this sort of remnant of days gone by. I always take shots of old ads and names that have been painted on the sides of brick buildings. It is......

in response to: Maxim Radio, et Al by GGP

upfromflames: [[http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2005/05/architecture_10_1.php]] You can learn more about this building here. Apparently the owner wanted to tear it down and build a parking garage. grrrr ...

in response to: Housing Got You Down? Turn to History for Hope by upfromflames

CE: This is really interesting architecture. I've never seen houses like this. Do you know when they were built?...

in response to: Triple Deckers by hifilofi

CartLegger: to read more about its other incarnations, check out...http://www.nyc-architecture.com/CP/cp021.htm...

in response to: Columbus Circle Nocturne by CartLegger

JPK: I am in love with brutalism. I admire it in subway stations, and many buildings on campus. Have u seen wright's fallingwater? http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bios/02/historical_images/1972RobartsLibrary.jpg http://www.ontarioarchitecture.com/InternationalTo.jpg...

in response to: Brutalism by Tyfoid Kid

m: missing tooth....ow..I just had an implant done. missing tooth architecture and dental work---both very expensive in the long run and not ever as good as what was destroyed.....

in response to: Missing Tooth and Open Sky by upfromflames

Laura : Ooo I love the Church architecture theme- I've been inspired to shoot my own Big House :) ...

in response to: At Grace Church by little ukraine

forecastmazy: Yes, I heart New York most for architecture. If I had a time machine I'd just walk around the original Penn Station. ...

in response to: At Grace Church by little ukraine

jack: yes these are great finds and interesting. some of that architecture is from another world when our grandparents were not even born yet. i like the mail delivery, its true the mail will......

in response to: General Accident & Other Buildings in Philly by GGP

Bedstuy Brooklyn: First of all I personally feel that it was the neglect from Chicago's Housing Authority that Cabrini-Green became what has become today...if the city of Chicago would have done their jobs and kept up their......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

little ukraine: hello, jack's daughter, and welcome! congrats on the recent master's degree. we seem to share similar feelings for the library. as for my personal opinion, i think it would be best to......

in response to: A View Down the Avenue by jack

jack's daughter: I'd have to agree with you, Little Ukraine, that the Bobst Library at NYU is quite remarkable. The floor of the atrium is based on an Escher design, so if you spent some time......

in response to: A View Down the Avenue by jack

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Interested: Hi JNJ, Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Michelle: I am happy to have stumbled upon this chat. I live at 48 abell st. and am part of a newly formed residence group called Model48 that is fighting alongside Active 18 to keep......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

Peter: those spiral staircases! so cool. they always get me. and yeah, i hate that 60s-style permastone architecture too. my grandma lives in a house like that, heh....

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

GGP: that is SO great! reminds me of some of the architecture at coney island....

in response to: The Walrus Edifice by aer suzuki

Katy: I don't like it myself. A.A. Gill puts the boots to this kind of architecture in this month's Vanity Fair. [[http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/articles/060918roco02]] ...

in response to: Architectural Anomalies by Cameo

colavitos ghost: hey man, i love this post. in my eyes it pretty accurately captures the essence of downtown cleveland. however, my understanding about the future of the cleveland trust tower doesn't quite synch up with yours.......

in response to: Jury Duty by procyon

irwin: Asheville is nice. The old architecture from the twenties is something to behold. I especially like the way they have kept the old because that city has seen a spike in population in the last......

in response to: Asheville Alleys by ea

Tamara: Surely this a treasure... it's the only one left in the city. I love passing by and taking in the architecture. It would an awesome space to convert into something else, similar to the Distillery......

in response to: Dereliction by Cameo

Mark: I'm sorry, but I don't think Toronto should have made this list. Evilgentleman said some good things. There are newer cities than have seen and corrected the mistakes of the past to create some of......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

CJ: I buy most of those but would suggest Ottawa would beat out Yellowknife or Moncton. If you don't buy that then even HULL, seen from the Ottawa side of the river, is quite impressive. Next......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Peter: such minimal architecture!...

in response to: Home Sweet Home by EvilGentleman

zagg: i really like the architecture of the home....

in response to: Home Sweet Home by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Actually, the park they have across the street also has a chair theme that has been there for years, with the two sculptures closest to the on and off ramps for the ville marie expressway......

in response to: But Is It ART? by EvilGentleman

Peter: thats some imposing architecture! i like the shapes of the lamp on the left, the cell-repeater antennae on the bank roof and that shed/unit/thing. nice {urban form}s....

in response to: Wells Fargo Bank Third Floor Parking Garage by groovehouse

anon (ip68-97-53-138.ok.ok.cox.net): Norman's really not that bad. As far as OK towns are concerned, I do prefer Tulsa, but Norman has a lot more going for it than the pictures you posted. That building is......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: On May 3, 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Norman recorded data from the world's fastest tornado, which passed a few miles NW of here. [[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/storms/19990503/]] Guess it's not **always** boring in these......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Scootr: My wife and I had the fortune of discovering Bishop's Castle via some friends in Canon City last summer while we were traveling through Colorado on our motorcycles. With no formal education, I have to......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

elaine: haha. *architecture* cool. anyway, now i want that waterlily/whateveritis on those photographic floor tiles, imagine walking on that in your bathroom......

in response to: Election Day Holiday by chiamattt

chiamattt: No idea man. Architecture?...

in response to: Election Day Holiday by chiamattt

Chris Erb: I didn't realize that the "box" is no longer in use as the actual arts building. I didn't notice the graffiti but I'll check for it next time I'm in the city (should be......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

EvilGentleman: Actually, you **did** get the new fine arts, or EVA (I have no idea what the acronym stands for) building. It is the one with the "hat" and the obtuse-angled facade on it's upper stories,......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

drea: The architecture's so cool!!! Reminds me of some of the buildings I saw in France (forgot where, I believe Paris) that had big pipes running around outside the building and they were brightly coloured. I......

in response to: The Lloyds building and Leadenhall Market by Chris Redgrave

spygirl_t: This is my favorite building in the whole world. I've been there so many times, anyone interested in architecture, photpgraphy and science in general... would apreciate how the light effects the objectives like things that......

in response to: Institut Monde du Arabe by ian

EvilGentleman: I know what you mean about the grand old theaters, as I have watched them all disappear one by one. I remember watching numerous movies in the Capitol Theatre in Cornwall, Ontario. The Capitol has......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

EvilGentleman: I find this line of posts to be fascinating. It seems that citynoise is now attracting the attention of not just the city dwellers, but the city builders as well. City planning and architecture are......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

stevo: wow that's a scary church. How come so much of our most over-the-top architecture is realized in places of worship? it's gothic, but the columns have that trademark hexagonal look reminiscent of the......

in response to: Our New Digs by Elicar

jeeff: portuguese architect alvaro siza's __oporto school of architecture__ [[img:9867]] (swiped from [[http://www.classic.archined.nl/news/0101/siza.html]]) we talked about this guy in class today. when this slide came up i gasped. sure enough, the prof mentioned anthropomorphism....

in response to: robot building by elaine

GGP: too few arrows in architecture these days......

in response to: Back In The Day by groovehouse

Dizzy: I was just looking at places near bushwick avenue... around gates/palmetto. it's really close to the J train (gates avenue) - anyone have any opinions about this? Everyone keeps talking the parts of Bushwick that......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: i imagined it slowly and menacingly rolling through the {east village}, using its windows to condense/reflect/focus sunlight into death-ray beams that it will use to decimate any non post-post-{postmodern} {architecture} whilst zapping all the area......

in response to: Astor Place Silhouette by Peter

BAHADIR: If we want to see a metropolitan city that is full of buildings, we must visit tokyo.But if you want to see a metropolitan city thats with nature we must to visit Istanbul.Tokyo has a......

in response to: Tokyo Architecture by Chris Jongkind

Elicar: But jeeff, there's also a Wellington, England. Although the sky appears to be bright fro England (sorry guys!) the architecture makes me think that this is Wellington, England....

in response to: Old Bank by danielle

elaine: they seem to be quite good at architecture, them birds...

in response to: Bird Houses by GGP

jeeff: wow, the patterns made by the bent branches are wild. i can see how they would lend themselves to a witchdoctor's hut. i really like reading the background history of these places as......

in response to: Beehive Architecture by Guy McLaren

Guy McLaren: Colavito, The dominant western idea is a load of crap, Look beyond your tightly focussed and mindless concepts. Even an igloo is architecture....

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

Guy McLaren: In my world Architecture denotes a building, designed built and implemented. Whether the design is of mental origin or on huge big blue prints, it remains architecture, for Jeeff, I will post some pics of......

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

jeeff: from [[http://www.dictionary.com]]: ar·chi·tec·ture (ärk-tkchr) n. 1. The art and science of designing and erecting buildings. 2. Buildings and other large structures: the low, brick-and-adobe architecture of the Southwest. 3. A style......

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

colavito\\\'s ghost: Are all buildings architecture? I'm not saying they're not, but many of us probably ascribe to the dominant Western idea that architecture is a label only to be ascribed to something "higher" than tiny,......

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

jack: great architecture. nice b/w photo. old glory....

in response to: Chicago I by Mike Higgins

jeeff: i descended upon montreal for new years eve in 2002. it's a shame i can't remember more. i agree, charming architecture. if it was built today it'd be garish plastic and covered in ads......

in response to: Ice Cream Toilet by EvilGentleman

ea: also widely known as liturgical architecture in the field...

in response to: Religious Architecture by johnny E

jeeff: that's a great example of generic 00's architecture. toronto is full of condo towers exactly like that, particularly out in the suburbs. they're all gonna look real dated 20 years from now....

in response to: Going Up by ian

yeah!: i';m an architecture student, and it kicks ASs! loving it, ...

in response to: Wembly Stadium from the Train by elaine

anon (49.Red-88-0-24.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net): From more than 40 years ago, Justo Gallego was reading books of architecture and he has been working in those years seeing in direct the way of resistence of materials, so now when he......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

adam: i dont think firetrucks were quite the same when most of these buildings were built.. kew gardens is actually kind of beautiful. my view of it is just skewed because it seems like grandparent land hah........

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

jeeff: well, to each his own. i like good modern architecture too, but i don't see how you can argue that a fire escape is somehow less a part of the building than window ledges......

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

Cheesy_Member: Not my liking, they hide the real architecture of the buiding with these big hunks of metal, Here is a picture of the {Lloyd Building} in {London}, This is a building with a real exoskeleton......

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

jeeff: i like fire escapes. they're one of my favourite fixtures of nyc architecture and i really miss them on more modern buildings. they're like the building's exoskeleton. [[img:7955]] ...

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

Cheesy_Member: Its St. Andrews House, Something to do with the Scottish Executive. Read more here [[http://www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/st_andrews_house.htm]] ...

in response to: High Views In Edinburgh by Cheesy Member

jack: oh peter, you have brought us the saddest of photos. the home of people, where children played and lovers walked hand in hand. where mothers prepared the dinner table for their husbands and......

in response to: Suspected Arson on Park Place? by Peter

anon (128.Red-83-38-163.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net): it is a wonderfull work of art and architecture, it is worthy to help it to continue in the History (of art and heart of man)...

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Myke: Great photographs Peter. I really enjoy architecture shot against clear blue skies. ...

in response to: York Avenue Buildings by Peter

Myke: Thanks Peter. It's a nice mix up of old and new. Manchester has many examples of facadism, which I will hopefully find and photograph. Glasgow has similar building projects going on as well. Many of the......

in response to: Manchester (June 2005) by Myke

Peter: wow... theres some amazingly modern architecture admidst the old-world stuff. i particularly love that second photo. im imaginging living in an old fish market. cool. good case of urban renewal....

in response to: Manchester (June 2005) by Myke

melvinpa: thanks for the advice, vz. it proved most useful and i found it quite ironic being that i'm an architecture student trying to find my way on top of the viaduct....

in response to: On the Reading Viaduct by vz

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in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

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in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter