Comments about modern art

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Jules: Okay....BORING is the reason my husband and I left Jacksonville in July '06. We did everything a modern Metropolitan couple could do. We lived on the river, we had season tickets with the......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Jules: Okay....BORING is the reason my husband and I left Jacksonville in July '06. We did everything a modern Metropolitan couple could do. We lived on the river, we had season tickets with the......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

procyon: Medicalfools: I also know that some higher-ups want the best for it--someone posted a letter to that effect from Dorothy Lewandowski elsewhere on citynoise, and I recently read that they've started applying for a spot......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma The building at the junction of Ferry rd was James Goodier, wholesale potato and corn merchants.They supplied the area chip shop and greengrocery businesses with a very wide variety of potatoes from......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jack: all in all it looks very nice and modern, sorry that they push Christmas on us so quickly, i have people already with Christmas decorations on their homes and its not even thanksgiving day yet,......

in response to: It\'s Christmas Already? by Elicar

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

Sue B from Colorado Springs: Last saw the castle about 10yrs ago, and alot has been added since then! It is truly AMAZING to see what one man can do if it is his heart's desire. We enjoyed......

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

EvilGentleman: Georges, The predominant prejudice in Montreal is still language. As an English-speaker, I seldom notice anti-Americanism among the French Quebecers. This may be due in part to my not being to understand most of what......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: A very belated reply for doc cunningham, who posted on New Year's 2007. Sorry for the late reply, but I just noticed your comment now. I have so many posts that I do not see......

in response to: Igloo Construction by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Well, how about we let the place that used to be in Yugoslavia call itself "The Slavic Republic of Northern Macedonia"? I dunno, just trying to state what I feel is right. The only Yugoslavians......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

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

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

CartLegger: Word: I'll try to get some of those from "Robert Moses and the Making of the Modern City". But so much of that stuff is lost, lost forever, another world only safe on the lips and......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

CartLegger: Would it help if I gave ya'll a map to go by? Robert Moses NYC Map @ "Robert Moses and The Modern City" **http://www.learn.columbia.edu/moses/**...

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Peter: ##She is surrounded by humanity in a place she knows well, yet she is completely lost and alone...## i liked that line. i feel that way sometimes in my city, increasingly often this winter; its an......

in response to: Lost by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I could have sworn the first conquest of Alexander was Greece. So the big question would then be, was it a civil war or an invasion? Considering the classical Greek habit of describing both Macedon......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

been: The mail thing is no problem as it is a center hall walk-up job. I lived in here in 1985/1986. All of the apartments use the # 82 address. I think I was in apartment #5. This was......

in response to: One Building with 2 Addresses by Biff

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

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

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

S: That was a pretty antagonistic and incoherent post JMJ, and I find it to be consistent with other white racist feelings that I some times experienced from some residents of Humboldt Park. ......

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

Ash!: How about Tulsa? The skyline might not be as big as a lot of the ones posted, but the buildings very from the modern to the art deco. The skyline is really unique! (None of these......

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

jack: ##[Ed: this comment was posted as a separate article. i removed the article and appended the comment here. please try to keep your comments confined to the relevant article.]## no photos, sorry folks. i......

in response to: U.S. Congressman Foley by sine

Bill: Television Espanola and Carlos Luis on this website say Justo Gallego's work has had recognition from the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. Is this true? I've done a search on the MOMA's......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral - Part 2 by Reiner Wandler

joey: a sharp observation. but what do we call art that is past the post-modern era?...

in response to: Shoes by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Alan: Good post Karlo and a refreshing opinion. If we had more Republicans who spread this message we'd be in a much better place right now. A truely 'United' Ireland can only come about if there......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

aer suzuki: Put to death? Are you serious? Are you talking about some modern rule or an ancient one? A regular Taiwanese visitor to my photoblog had this to say about the purple wall: "i think it's a......

in response to: A Walk Through the International District by aer suzuki

Maria Latore: British people who complain about America need to get something through their heads. First, Britain was the original mega-power who everyone hated. Just because we kicked your ass in the revolutionary war and because......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: I find it absolutely incredible that historical stuctures are valued so little in a land where they are so rare. I could understand Europeans not being terribly attached to hundred-year-old buildings, but they also have......

in response to: Long Time Gone by Joe

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

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

joey: no chris. please check my other articles. there are many beautiful facades in {Oakland, CA}. this just happens to be a plain one. actually i 'found' this shot in the view finder. it's a zoom in......

in response to: Urban Wilderness by joey

MikeUK: If the English nation is not special, how come they have achived more than any other nation on earth. Been a world power for 300 years, started the industrial revolution and created the modern......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Peter: a quick look at the wiki entry for [[wiki:bushwick]] shows that the displaced people youre talking about are far from the first to be displaced, whether from gentrification, changing demographics, modernization, urbanization, etc. i mean,......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

EvilGentleman: Make light of it if you want, Matt. My health is **not** negotiable. The reality is, I have had to actually get off of an aircraft because some idiot thought perfume would be a suitable......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

elaine: also good are martello towers [[http://www.martello-towers.co.uk/]] and [[http://www.ecastles.co.uk/martello.html]] (and loads more) which were built as defences for the napoleonic wars. they look surprisingly modern and span the suffolk coast down throughout kent. i am sufficiently......

in response to: Sound Mirrors by elaine

elaine: i like the actress whose dress caught fire best, but i am not surprised at the popularity of lunatic woman... ;-D i don't think i was being particularly selective, heroic domestic things could only really be......

in response to: Postman\'s Park by elaine

Peter: elicar: this cracked me up! well done. i do- and will always- have a warm spot in my heart for obtuse postmodern writing ;)...

in response to: The Joys of Spell Check by Elicar

Elicar: My friend just received an offer to his house. They are closing May 12. His house is at Gerrard and Coxwell, was built in the 1920's, a three bedroom very small semi-detached (I believe that's......

in response to: Count Your Blessings by Elicar

joey: post-postmodern art, like julian schnabel....

in response to: Subway Decay by Peter

EvilGentleman: You two should do it, Peter. I only thought of taking these pics partway through the wash, and so I missed the full cycle. I also noticed I was not able to get the shot......

in response to: Car Wash by EvilGentleman

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

jack: almost modern artsy....

in response to: On the Bus by an impossible child

Chris: billy i dont believe u have ever been to the UK judging from ur... review of it. I have met many cool americans that apreciate there only allie on the planet and are nice......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

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

EvilGentleman: cool-tsk, it is a shame that you wish to suppress freedom of speech when your chosen art form (and YES, I can see the artistic merit in your work) is all about freedom of speech.......

in response to: Destruction of Lisbon City by cool-tsk

Maria: I have to agree - anyone can make big fat letters and call it art - I've seen really good modern art, and this is not art - it's big fat sprayed-on letters - that's......

in response to: Destruction of Lisbon City by cool-tsk

jeeff: thanks, that's a much better comment. i agree with a lot of what you say, tho i like abstract/modern art in addition to graf, traditional art, etc. it's easy to say that something's......

in response to: Destruction of Lisbon City by cool-tsk

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

EvilGentleman: Well, I have gotten some rest and have done a little catching up on what was posted here while I was away. I am coming to the realization here that no matter what somone posts,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

EvilGentleman: For the respondent who posted at 20:44 Thank you for your response. At least someone here is actually reading my entire posts before passing judgement. I realize I am somewhat of a modern-day anachronism. I strongly......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

All in favor of a license to breed?: I think I lost 20 I.Q. points reading some of these postings. Cowards and supporters of this pigheaded woman-beater should be taken to the local vet to be spayed or neutered. This is......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

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

Samantha: One of the things I sometimes stay up all night doing is collage - recently i have covered every book and container on my desk in collage - the reason I am saying this of......

in response to: st clement\'s from the hip by elaine

GGP: that last robot looks like he just came back from a third-rate exhibit of modernist art....

in response to: robot building by elaine

elaine: well, the middle class bohemianisation of broadway market is not all totally evil, not like some other places i could mention - like spitalfields market [[http://www.smut.org.uk/]] frinstance, which was 'dark' when i first moved to......

in response to: Broadway Squat by elaine

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

eyeoftheBlackPanther@yahoo.com: This is a great demonstration of culture and modern urban art. The voice of expression is so powerful....

in response to: Walking in Williamsburg by Peter

Paul G: second from the bottom; third from the top: the shot is there, hiding in the toaster. crop / up contrast / lose the pink foofoo in the bg / work the reflection. same......

in response to: street antiques by steelisreal

jeeff: seems like marcel duchamp made a pretty elegant refutation of the "that's not art, it's crap!" argument ##wayyyyy## back in 1917: [[img:5426]] i've always thought he prefigured modern graffiti a bit with the signature on everyday object......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Jamie: The church where i was baptised. It was a really old church, hundreds of years old, right in the city centre. They knocked it down and bult an office block. That area of town is......

in response to: church in san francisco by steelisreal

Nick: I walked past there last week, the walk along the canel is amazing as you got the contrast with the burnt out van/ run down buildings and then the expensive/and modern apartments, and then......

in response to: torched van by elaine

elaine: yes, and you can say it at interviews interviewer; so, what would you say your strenghts and weaknesses were? you; well, i am weak against fire, but on the plus side i am a modern Romantic visionary interviewer;......

in response to: the last train out of town by jeeff

no_brakes23: I just put the other two in for hisortical context. Of course, we all know about ancient civilizations writing on the walls, but the modern age of graff had three significant events that led up to......

in response to: Pet Bird Outing by Peter

elaine: i like modern made up ones, like someone started 'lilian gish' for pish, and pish is scottish and not london, so that's really mongrelly, and ones with a bit of history like the full monty......

in response to: Paperboxes by Peter

fuzzytank: [[img:1653]] its a interesting word and even more so is you are wondering about what all this is all these images and words on cities liminal space gets minced and rearticulated over and over in articles on urbanisim (the......

in response to: noise in a city by elaine

elaine: hee hee yes, i have had it 20 years, so. but it is a particular kind of old fashioned weirdy lino, made of printed on pressed board rather than moderny lino, so not so good......

in response to: rapid hardware by elaine

elaine: this does seem kind of harsh by comparison to the Kim Wilde garden, but these ultra modern offerings always do, they're sort of anti-gardens really, I suppose, but then garden festivals are weird because they......

in response to: Sculpture Matrix by Jamie

manchesta: i totally agree with you on all points. Being english and having lived in Northern Ireland i can say without a shadow of a doubt to any loyalists reading here that the British people and......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

elaine: Re: tokyo waterways (the arteries) It's so beautiful and melancholy. I had no idea. Saves me ever having to go back to venice, this has th water mojo and the modern and the foreign. It......

in response to: tokyo waterways (the arteries) by jeeff

elaine: Fab piece. I have, as you can imagine a real problem with America, so can only relate to Americans who are politicised. It is said that 5% of US citizens have a passport, of which......

in response to: Fisherman\'s Wharf and the Full House Houses by Marc