St. Petersberg is in the second stage of a program to renovate itskhrushchyovki, the five-story mass-produced housing projects built during the Khrushchev era in the 1950s and 1960s. Judging by the slow rate of progress and the lack of funding for the program, more recent buildings - those built between the 1960s and the 1970s - will be in need of repairs before the first are rebuilt.
skyscrapers represent a kind of urban flowering. When conditions are just right — banks are lending, developers are competing, zoning is generous and the economy is rosy — they bloom. The glory days of the New York skyscraper were between 1912 and 1930, when the skyline, especially downtown, sprouted stunners like the Woolworth Building with its flamboyantly Gothic masonry, Cities Service (now at 70 Pine Street) with its illuminated glass spire and, moving north, the Chrysler Building with those shiny steel epaulets.
Off subject, sorry, but just incase you did not see this, a new addition to New York:
Another addition to the NYC skyline:
Stairway to the Sky.
i think ms willis was one of mr wilsons teachers. weve posted on her earlier. interesting update, lets keep an eye on this project. 80 south street sounds realy great but I cant find pictures anywhere. grrrrr
mockup
Fuckin' yeah! Build that thing.
There is another piece, by David Dunlap, on the project on the front page of the NYT, with image.
Yeah, Carol Willis was an excellent teacher, though I don’t remember much except that ornament is crime. Didn't stop her from wearing the occasional piece of jewelry though.
Mr. Wilson? The dots are not connecting bill, I’m stumped.?
exhibition of the Calatrava 80 South Street project now on at the new AIA center on LaGuardia (bt/wn bleecker and 3rd).
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- bill 3-02-2004 10:36 pm
skyscrapers represent a kind of urban flowering. When conditions are just right — banks are lending, developers are competing, zoning is generous and the economy is rosy — they bloom. The glory days of the New York skyscraper were between 1912 and 1930, when the skyline, especially downtown, sprouted stunners like the Woolworth Building with its flamboyantly Gothic masonry, Cities Service (now at 70 Pine Street) with its illuminated glass spire and, moving north, the Chrysler Building with those shiny steel epaulets.
Off subject, sorry, but just incase you did not see this, a new addition to New York:
- selma 3-03-2004 1:54 am [add a comment]
Another addition to the NYC skyline:
Stairway to the Sky.
- selma 3-03-2004 6:07 pm [add a comment]
i think ms willis was one of mr wilsons teachers. weve posted on her earlier. interesting update, lets keep an eye on this project. 80 south street sounds realy great but I cant find pictures anywhere. grrrrr
- bill 3-03-2004 7:20 pm [add a comment]
mockup
- dave 3-03-2004 7:30 pm [add a comment]
Fuckin' yeah! Build that thing.
- jim 3-03-2004 7:36 pm [add a comment]
There is another piece, by David Dunlap, on the project on the front page of the NYT, with image.
- selma 3-03-2004 7:38 pm [add a comment]
Yeah, Carol Willis was an excellent teacher, though I don’t remember much except that ornament is crime. Didn't stop her from wearing the occasional piece of jewelry though.
- alex 3-03-2004 9:17 pm [add a comment]
Mr. Wilson? The dots are not connecting bill, I’m stumped.?
- selma 3-03-2004 8:10 pm [add a comment]
Addendum (as in a dim lightbulb)
Mr Wilsons Arboretum? do'h.
- selma 3-03-2004 8:27 pm [add a comment]
exhibition of the Calatrava 80 South Street project now on at the new AIA center on LaGuardia (bt/wn bleecker and 3rd).
- selma 6-08-2004 12:15 am [add a comment]