tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post939040986219010967..comments2022-03-24T23:36:03.004-07:00Comments on The Upright Cyclist: Back to the drawing board: another bike rack designB+http://www.blogger.com/profile/18353381870331760316noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post-69849682079662822422013-08-23T23:31:30.394-07:002013-08-23T23:31:30.394-07:00There is an alternative view, Jim. The City Hall/B...There is an alternative view, Jim. The City Hall/Bunker for the Ages has, in some people's minds, improved with its patina of auto emissions and (recently) Chinese desert fallout. It gives the barest hint that time and erosion may yet have the last word.<br /><br />Fresh-washed brutalism creates the illusion that there is something attractive about this type of architecture, something really meant to uplift and affirm the human being rather than stomp pathetic upstarts down into cowed obedience. The SAIF building, with its texturized hopefulness, seeks to elude the worst of brutalism, but might be said to have erred on the side of farcical self-importance. <br /><br />The Civic Center is a triumph of a complete vision, a total victory for a mindset awful to contemplate, imperiously convinced of its validity as it stares out seethingly over the city it rules.B+https://www.blogger.com/profile/18353381870331760316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post-37567353007438490562013-03-20T19:55:18.640-07:002013-03-20T19:55:18.640-07:00Thank you, Ryan. Writing it has been a particular ...Thank you, Ryan. Writing it has been a particular pleasure, given how much architectural horror was unleashed on Salem's downtown in the 70's and early 80's.B+https://www.blogger.com/profile/18353381870331760316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post-9445051252127898362013-03-20T19:35:15.181-07:002013-03-20T19:35:15.181-07:00At least the SAIF building has gotten a power wash...At least the SAIF building has gotten a power wash every now and then. Dirty brutalism is much worse than clean brutalism. Our City Hall and Library are an embarrassing example of dirty brutalism. Shame on our City government for letting not caring, and for letting our Civic Center become a hideous eyesore.Jim Scheppkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077003905171156283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663089657141718051.post-54231651836723504262013-03-19T14:20:16.864-07:002013-03-19T14:20:16.864-07:00I love this post as much as I hate brutalist archi...I love this post as much as I hate brutalist architecture. Thank you.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16039556080218142635noreply@blogger.com