Comments for ArchiTakes http://www.architakes.com on architecture in New York and beyond Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Comment on The Iron Triangle, part 1 / Wilson’s Garage by Mark http://www.architakes.com/?p=4344&cpage=1#comment-13862 Mark Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:42:03 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=4344#comment-13862 Thank you. Great information here. Thank you.  Great information here.

]]> Comment on Statue of Liberty or Dipstick of the Apocalypse? by Joachim Boaz http://www.architakes.com/?p=10795&cpage=1#comment-13732 Joachim Boaz Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:16:50 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=10795#comment-13732 I've found more if you're curious... One more from the pre-Cold War Era. Perhaps I'll make a second post on the subject eventually when I find a few more... Glad you found my post interesting. I’ve found more if you’re curious…  One more from the pre-Cold War Era.  Perhaps I’ll make a second post on the subject eventually when I find a few more…

Glad you found my post interesting.

]]> Comment on Statue of Liberty or Dipstick of the Apocalypse? by steven fleming http://www.architakes.com/?p=10795&cpage=1#comment-12557 steven fleming Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:38:42 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=10795#comment-12557 Abstracted bodies aren't as potent as actual bodies. The next logical step therefore would be get rid of abstraction. As an architectural educator I get so tired of crit panel members telling student after student, they are being too literal. At that point I always pipe up and say abstraction is overrated, and everyone smiles, thinking I'm just being provocative for its own sake. I'm watching a documentary series on Andy Warhol right now and am lamenting that architecture never really had someone like that. Venturi was way too half hearted. We need someone who will blow taste right out of the way... I think :) But then, I come from prol roots. Abstracted bodies aren’t as potent as actual bodies. The next logical step therefore would be get rid of abstraction. As an architectural educator I get so tired of crit panel members telling student after student, they are being too literal. At that point I always pipe up and say abstraction is overrated, and everyone smiles, thinking I’m just being provocative for its own sake. I’m watching a documentary series on Andy Warhol right now and am lamenting that architecture never really had someone like that. Venturi was way too half hearted. We need someone who will blow taste right out of the way… I think :) But then, I come from prol roots.

]]> Comment on Is the City Building Google a High Line Skybox? by David http://www.architakes.com/?p=10512&cpage=1#comment-4101 David Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:39:50 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=10512#comment-4101 A foul taste in my mouth. Awesome write-up nevertheless. Wish you posted more often! A foul taste in my mouth. Awesome write-up nevertheless. Wish you posted more often!

]]> Comment on Is the City Building Google a High Line Skybox? by Gloria Sukenick http://www.architakes.com/?p=10512&cpage=1#comment-3813 Gloria Sukenick Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:13:49 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=10512#comment-3813 Terrific job of covering this unfortunate plan! Terrific job of covering this unfortunate plan!

]]> Comment on Stanford White’s Bronx Pantheon To Lose Pride of Place by Matthew Hall http://www.architakes.com/?p=524&cpage=1#comment-3608 Matthew Hall Wed, 02 May 2012 14:20:18 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=524#comment-3608 Poor Stanny...he must be rolling in his Long Island grave. Poor Stanny…he must be rolling in his Long Island grave.

]]> Comment on High Noon at Chelsea Market by Nick Fritsch http://www.architakes.com/?p=10420&cpage=1#comment-3160 Nick Fritsch Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:24:55 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=10420#comment-3160 The case against this awful expansion plan is presented here so astutely and completely that this should really be the last word on the issue. And I, for one, certainly hope it is! The case against this awful expansion plan is presented here so astutely and completely that this should really be the last word on the issue. And I, for one, certainly hope it is!

]]> Comment on High Noon at Chelsea Market by david http://www.architakes.com/?p=10420&cpage=1#comment-3154 david Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:10:20 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=10420#comment-3154 http://binged.it/GGzWjH Seems like the park is already shady http://binged.it/GGzWjH

Seems like the park is already shady

]]> Comment on High Noon at Chelsea Market by Bill Borock http://www.architakes.com/?p=10420&cpage=1#comment-3137 Bill Borock Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:55:59 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=10420#comment-3137 The article was well stated and documented. The article was well stated and documented.

]]> Comment on The Iron Triangle, part 1 / Wilson’s Garage by Tim http://www.architakes.com/?p=4344&cpage=1#comment-3075 Tim Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:35:34 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=4344#comment-3075 This is a fantastic resource! I loved reading this book in school - in pre-Web days - imagining what the places looked like. I was fascinated by the map in the book! I would also imagine what it looked like today. Later, when I went to college on the East Coast and made trips to New York and the Hamptons, I would occasionally wonder if I was spotting sites from the book. So, this was a really neat treat for me! This is a fantastic resource!  I loved reading this book in school – in pre-Web days – imagining what the places looked like.  I was fascinated by the map in the book!  I would also imagine what it looked like today.  Later, when I went to college on the East Coast and made trips to New York and the Hamptons, I would occasionally wonder if I was spotting sites from the book.  So, this was a really neat treat for me!

]]> Comment on House Rules – Afterword by mamak nassiri http://www.architakes.com/?p=9051&cpage=1#comment-3065 mamak nassiri Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:11:22 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=9051#comment-3065 Many thanks for useful information, I've really enjoyed reading the rules. Mamak Nassiri Many thanks for useful information, I’ve really enjoyed reading the rules.

Mamak Nassiri

]]> Comment on Stanford White’s Bronx Pantheon To Lose Pride of Place by Howard Charles Yourow,S.J.D. http://www.architakes.com/?p=524&cpage=1#comment-2616 Howard Charles Yourow,S.J.D. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:05:57 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=524#comment-2616 Our beloved Panthe-on-The-Harlem ... HCY Chair, Friends Of The Gould MemoriaLibrary & The Hall Of Fame For Great Americans @ BCC / CUNY Our beloved Panthe-on-The-Harlem …

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]]> Comment on The Iron Triangle, part 1 / Wilson’s Garage by Don http://www.architakes.com/?p=4344&cpage=1#comment-2498 Don Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:15:39 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=4344#comment-2498 Absolutely enlightening. Anyone interested in Gatsby needs to study this site! Absolutely enlightening.  Anyone interested in Gatsby needs to study this site!

]]> Comment on Last Call for Jaume Plensa’s “Echo” by Mary Ann http://www.architakes.com/?p=9954&cpage=1#comment-2471 Mary Ann Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:10:49 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=9954#comment-2471 I like your words, "The mind ... temporarily restored to the wonder of childhood, perhaps the highest purpose of art." How true that most of us walk around completely tuned out to what is all around us. We sadly fail to see our surroundings and more tragically one another as we are chained to our electronic distractions. If art, such as Echo, can draw us back into a state of wonder, and awareness and away from our mindless preoccupation with other than the present moment, then I say, Long Live Art! Thank you for redirecting our attention with this wonderful blog! I like your words, “The mind … temporarily restored to the wonder of childhood, perhaps the highest purpose of art.”  How true that most of us walk around completely tuned out to what is all around us.  We sadly fail to see our surroundings and more tragically one another as we are chained to our electronic distractions.  If art, such as Echo, can draw us back into a state of wonder, and awareness and away from our mindless preoccupation with other than the present moment, then I say, Long Live Art!
Thank you for redirecting our attention with this wonderful blog!

]]> Comment on Last Call for Jaume Plensa’s “Echo” by Linda http://www.architakes.com/?p=9954&cpage=1#comment-2456 Linda Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:35:30 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=9954#comment-2456 Echo, even for a short time is a gift to the city and its people. Yes I agree with you David; if someone can afford to buy her and give her to the city she would add peace and harmony to the day of any one who rests their eyes upon her. Echo, even for a short time is a gift to the city and its people. Yes I agree with you David; if someone can afford to buy her and give her to the city she would add peace and harmony to the day of any one who rests their eyes upon her.

]]> Comment on Midtown Undone by Glenn Martin http://www.architakes.com/?p=9804&cpage=1#comment-2414 Glenn Martin Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:42:20 +0000 http://www.architakes.com/?p=9804#comment-2414 After reading this entry I ordered the "AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington" so I that I can learn more about my home town. After reading this entry I ordered the “AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington” so I that I can learn more about my home town.

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