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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Chilly nightscenes of winter
Louis Sullivan restored to splendor.
Louis Sullivan stripped and forlorn. All this could be yours. The originally proposed digital art for Block 37 was value engineered out years ago. Now the only animation of the weave metal facade comes from the other side of the street.
Joseph Freed (or John Buck) should be paying royalties to the Ford Oriental
taking on ice . . .
. . . and a kiss goodnight:
2 comments:
Larry
said...
It's too bad that they couldn't replace Sullivan's ornamental ironwork at the Gage Building while they were doing Carsons.
2 comments:
It's too bad that they couldn't replace Sullivan's ornamental ironwork at the Gage Building while they were doing Carsons.
That Block 37 Weave is disgusting
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