preservation age before beauty
"Preservation laws protect a community's oldest buildings. But what about the gems too young to make the list?"
via slate: A.L. Huxtable vs. Tom Wolfe
2 Columbus Circle's best-known detractor weighs in on its preservation.
Robert Stern on 2 Columbus Circle:
preserve.org
great slate story link and stern nails it
this just in : googie at risk
Penn Station redevelopment.
- Brian Alfred, 2004
Brian Alfred
I wanted that to be pixels.
Saw the Brian Alfred show at Protetch yesterday. The image above is a tiny collage made of cutup Color-Aid sheets (it used to be Chartpak when I was in school). Those were nice, but the video, which had the same type of imagery, was the standout. It almost looked like Alfred made all the collages and paintings as a necessarily market evil while his real (fresh, innovative) work was in computer-animated video. Not knocking that, but it'll be nice when artists can just get on with it.
Did you go to the Armory? Anything in particular you favored? I am going tomorrow, somewhat with dread. It seems so overwhelming. Do you ever suffer from visual overload, my brain just shuts down and after I can't remember anything I saw.
I went the last couple of years and this year I'm passing. The art looks bad at art fairs; it's mostly about dealers schmoozing. I understand why Miami wants an art fair, but it's kind of silly for NY to have one, since art happens in abundance here year round. But because it's here and the Biennial's opening, the art in Chelsea is suddenly noticeably better. Everybody's puttin' on the dog for the out-of-towners.
Are the whitney and the armory always at the same time?
Here is what a friend of mine just said about the whitney:
"It felt very much like being in an over-sized building on 10 Ave in Chelsea, which is not surprising since much of the work is courtesy of Chelsea. That said, it was a little disheartening to see the curators supporting such cash-and-carry, 'safe' work.... [I] liked Emily Jacir's project which was practically the only thing with any political message, very unusual not to include more in this dark and political climate.
I'd seen a lot of the work before which adds to the bland flavor but makes it feel familiar, too. That could be why everyone's willing to not trash it as per usual. I think writers are going on the defense re: the bad rap they usually give the show and are now saying they actually like it."
and what she called the armory:
"...now on to the real supermarket of art."
miami motels
You have added "googie" to my vocabulary, thank you.
aint it great - its enough to make you hungry for denny's
Southwest US joke:
"What does 'La Quinta' mean in English?"
"It means 'Next to Denny's'."
good one - ok then, whats the difference between coco's and jojo's?
I don't know. What is the difference between Coco's and Jojo's? (I always wondered.)
sorry, i dont have an answer i was hoping you knew
Jojo's has better hash browns?
I think Roman Jakobson would have said that "kuh" is not "juh". It doesn't get any different than that.
In the “whole is more than the sum of its parts” department, I was at Columbus Circle today. The new Time-Warner Center is nothing great, but at least it curves, reestablishing the circle at C. Circle. This in turn makes 2 CC look a hell of a lot better, though I’m still not entirely convinced of its virtues.
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- bill 2-23-2004 6:27 pm
"Preservation laws protect a community's oldest buildings. But what about the gems too young to make the list?"
via slate: A.L. Huxtable vs. Tom Wolfe 2 Columbus Circle's best-known detractor weighs in on its preservation.
- selma 2-27-2004 1:34 am [add a comment]
NYC Judge: '60s Building Can Be Remodeled
Associated Press story here.
- selma 4-19-2004 8:04 pm [add a comment]
Robert Stern on 2 Columbus Circle: preserve.org
- selma 2-27-2004 2:08 am [add a comment]
great slate story link and stern nails it
this just in : googie at risk
- bill 2-27-2004 4:31 pm [add a comment]
Penn Station redevelopment.
- selma 3-02-2004 10:18 pm [add a comment]
- Brian Alfred, 2004 Brian Alfred
- selma 3-10-2004 1:24 am [add a comment]
I wanted that to be pixels.
- tom moody 3-10-2004 2:01 am [add a comment]
Saw the Brian Alfred show at Protetch yesterday. The image above is a tiny collage made of cutup Color-Aid sheets (it used to be Chartpak when I was in school). Those were nice, but the video, which had the same type of imagery, was the standout. It almost looked like Alfred made all the collages and paintings as a necessarily market evil while his real (fresh, innovative) work was in computer-animated video. Not knocking that, but it'll be nice when artists can just get on with it.
- tom moody 3-12-2004 10:20 pm [add a comment]
Did you go to the Armory? Anything in particular you favored? I am going tomorrow, somewhat with dread. It seems so overwhelming. Do you ever suffer from visual overload, my brain just shuts down and after I can't remember anything I saw.
- selma 3-12-2004 11:31 pm [add a comment]
I went the last couple of years and this year I'm passing. The art looks bad at art fairs; it's mostly about dealers schmoozing. I understand why Miami wants an art fair, but it's kind of silly for NY to have one, since art happens in abundance here year round. But because it's here and the Biennial's opening, the art in Chelsea is suddenly noticeably better. Everybody's puttin' on the dog for the out-of-towners.
- tom moody 3-12-2004 11:41 pm [add a comment]
Are the whitney and the armory always at the same time?
- selma 3-13-2004 12:00 am [add a comment]
I can't remember it happening, that doesn't it hasn't, tho. The Armory's fairly new--it's just been around a few years.
- tom moody 3-13-2004 12:49 am [add a comment]
Here is what a friend of mine just said about the whitney:
"It felt very much like being in an over-sized building on 10 Ave in Chelsea, which is not surprising since much of the work is courtesy of Chelsea. That said, it was a little disheartening to see the curators supporting such cash-and-carry, 'safe' work.... [I] liked Emily Jacir's project which was practically the only thing with any political message, very unusual not to include more in this dark and political climate.
I'd seen a lot of the work before which adds to the bland flavor but makes it feel familiar, too. That could be why everyone's willing to not trash it as per usual. I think writers are going on the defense re: the bad rap they usually give the show and are now saying they actually like it."
and what she called the armory:
"...now on to the real supermarket of art."
- selma 3-13-2004 1:13 am [add a comment]
miami motels
- bill 3-05-2004 7:54 pm [add a comment]
You have added "googie" to my vocabulary, thank you.
- selma 3-05-2004 8:21 pm [add a comment]
aint it great - its enough to make you hungry for denny's
- bill 3-05-2004 8:55 pm [add a comment]
Southwest US joke:
"What does 'La Quinta' mean in English?"
"It means 'Next to Denny's'."
- tom moody 3-05-2004 8:59 pm [add a comment]
good one - ok then, whats the difference between coco's and jojo's?
- bill 3-05-2004 9:02 pm [add a comment]
I don't know. What is the difference between Coco's and Jojo's? (I always wondered.)
- tom moody 3-05-2004 9:08 pm [add a comment]
sorry, i dont have an answer i was hoping you knew
- bill 3-05-2004 9:24 pm [add a comment]
Jojo's has better hash browns?
- tom moody 3-05-2004 9:28 pm [add a comment]
I think Roman Jakobson would have said that "kuh" is not "juh". It doesn't get any different than that.
- alex 3-05-2004 11:15 pm [add a comment]
In the “whole is more than the sum of its parts” department, I was at Columbus Circle today. The new Time-Warner Center is nothing great, but at least it curves, reestablishing the circle at C. Circle. This in turn makes 2 CC look a hell of a lot better, though I’m still not entirely convinced of its virtues.
- alex 3-16-2004 4:43 am [add a comment]