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Light it up
You know Jerry Herron. Get him going on this subject. You'll be good for several hours. Make sure you have a couple of bottles of wine at the ready.
Light it up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilo_Jos%C3%A9_Vergara
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/10/us/a-tribute-to-ruin-irks-detroit.html
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.commentview&comment_id=98
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2000/jul/09/life1.lifemagazine5
I'm barely scratching the surface here. I can't be the only person in town who remembers the clatter over Camilo Jose Vergara's proposal to turn Detroit's ruins into an American Acropolis. Every time I read another article about this disappearing city I think back to this. 14 years and counting.
lecture
I'm sorry I can't be there Monday, I have to work that evening. Can you get somebody to videotape it so you can share it?
Inside vs outside
Interesting that you bring up the Auburn Hills YMCA in the context of insides trumping outsides. Have you been inside? A dear friend who is exceptionally sensitive to any space he occupies became visibly distressed the first time he entered that building. He was completely put off by the MASSIVE support column that confronts the visitor like an impenetrable wall as you step through the door. The building looks cool from the outside, but I agree with my friend - due solely to those columns, I hate the inside, especially the entrance areas.
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