On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:28:52 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
"Contemporary architecture is by and large a failure. The public finds
it ugly, strange, and off-putting. It has created a built environment
that is degraded and dehumanizing. The reason for this failure is the
ideology of architectural Modernism, which came to dominance after the
Second World War."
https://www.civicart.org/contemporary-architecture

I thought that modern architecture, at least in large buildings, was
driven by new, more efficent, cheaper methods of construction, along
with the ability to make large glass windows, plus the universality of
air conditioning so that windows don't have to open, along with a dearth
of Italian artists willing to work for little money and do the art work
that decorated the buildings of the Teens through 50's.

IDK about Italian artists, but the rest sounds right. But whoever wrote
that BS is a moron. It's been a failure and the public thinks it's ugly?
TWA terminal at JFK has just re-opened as a hotel, preserving that iconic
design. St Louis Arch is ugly? Frank Loyd Wright houses are all ugly?
Can Trump see the Washington monument? That was built much earlier, but it's
a modern architecture looking design.







The group whose webpage is above apparently influenced Stumpie in
today's exec. order that new federal buildings in DC use Greek, Roman,
Gothic and a couple I missed architecture.

Well, that figures. Somehow some kook group got his attention again.
I guess the positive there is it's better those kind on nuts keep him
occupied instead of the Nazis.



The same group wants to
rebuild Pennsyylvania Station in NYC, even though Madison Square Garden
is in the way. They have several compalaints about the station
including that the trains are sometimes late. How does the design of
the building cause that!

Penn Station has a lot of problems, but I don't think it's the cause of
many train delays. Trump on the other had is. There was and still is
a plan to essentially expand PS but it needs a new tunnel under the
Hudson. There was an agreement for NY, NJ and the Feds to share the
cost. Trump reneged on that too. so much for infrastructure projects.
At least ones where they don't vote for Dear Leader.