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LeftInTX

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3. Yeah...I live near military bases and grew up on them....

Reply to osteopath6 (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 12:11 AM

Jan 22

Talk about ugly architecture!

The living spaces etc were so bad that it was depressing. No esthetics, No trees. No shade. Dirty sandboxes. No parks. It was like living and working in a housing project ~ minus the gangs....

But I agree, govt buildings should be functional and simple However, public buildings should also be welcoming spaces.

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Trump's war on "ugly architecture"....Ah a little levity...YMMV [View all] LeftInTX Jan 21 OP

Is it just me osteopath6 Jan 22 #1

Yeah...I live near military bases and grew up on them.... LeftInTX Jan 22 #3

Thats so neat, LeftInTX! osteopath6 Jan 22 #5

This is from the muthafucka who destroyed the art deco classic Tanuki Jan 22 #2

Yes, the irony. I also value historic buildings. LeftInTX Jan 22 #4

Yeah, this feels more like something that is a bee in Stephen Miller's bonnet tanyev Jan 22 #7

Yep Blue_Roses Jan 25 #12

Iirc, Preservationists begged him not to destroy Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 22 #8

Yes, and he had promised to donate them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tanuki Jan 22 #9

I didn't know about the avant garde artists connection. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 22 #11

Stalin had an eye for architecture, too Astraea Jan 22 #6

This is so Third Reich Mike 03 Jan 22 #10

I live in a house built in 1941, the last to be built in this part of New Haven before WW2. It is a lovely small home, CTyankee Jan 27 #13