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Tag Archives: brutalism
The Coronaball Run, Day 4: Little Rock to Fort Smith to Oklahoma City
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
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Synathesia Alert!
Fenster writes: Umami: No umami:
A Tour of the Long Beach Civic Center
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
I Graduated From a Monkey Prison
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
A Tour of the Santa Ana Civic Center
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
Posted in Architecture, Photography
Tagged anti-communism, brutalism, California, civic center, Orange County, Orwell, Santa Ana, Soviet Union
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