Tag Archives: brutalism

The Coronaball Run, Day 4: Little Rock to Fort Smith to Oklahoma City

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the fourth installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post, here for the second post, and here for the third post. On day four we left the south … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Arkansas, Bricktown, brutalism, but what about her emails?, Carrie Underwood, Charles Portis, Clinton Presidential Library, Coen Brothers, Fort Smith, Hidaway Pizza, Kings of Leon, Little Rock, Mena, OKC Memorial, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Dodgers, True Grit, Vince Foster, Waffle House | 6 Comments

Synathesia Alert!

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Umami: No umami:

Posted in Architecture, Food and health | Tagged brutalism, neoclassical, umami | 3 Comments

A Tour of the Long Beach Civic Center

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The architectural degradation of our government buildings during the 60s and 70s is both fascinating and depressing. What mass hysteria gripped the Establishment of the time? Did no one object? What can and should we do with the legacy … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged brutalism, civic architecture, civic center, Long Beach, modernism, our strain grows weaker, things that hurt my eyes and my soul | 43 Comments

I Graduated From a Monkey Prison

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: In 1972, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, the fourth installment in the series, was released. When the film begins, humans have enslaved the apes but eventually the apes rise up in revolution against their oppressors. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Education, Movies, Photography | Tagged brutalism, landscaping, Orange County, Planet of the Apes, Science Fiction, University of California Irvine, William Pereira | 20 Comments

A Tour of the Santa Ana Civic Center

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: In the comments of my last post, Sir Barken Hyena said that, “SoCal is stupid nice.” Well, parts of it certainly are. On the other hand, some areas are architectural wastelands. This especially seems to be the … Continue reading →