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Re: Ralph Erskine, dead at 91
2005.03.28 12:25
The notion of reenacting the Trilon and Perisphere of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair is only virtual architecture at best. Nonetheless, I find it evocative of how 'design' could be handled, as in Brian's recognition of the archaeological.
Interesting how the Parthenon was destroyed by explosion--the building was used by the Turks as an ammunition magazine, and a stray spark during a battle ignited the sitting bomb. "And now it's a prosperous tourist destination."
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"Pilgrimage, Reenactment and Tourism"
Flavia Julia Helena Augusta
18 August 2005
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I have a small portion of lower west Manhattan in 3D cad model form, vestige of a small job I did for Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates in the early 1990s,
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