Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1168 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.238.170.51
| Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 3:56 pm: | |
Interesting article from the English version of Der Spiegel (Cafe may be able to get us a print copy of the story) on China building what they're calling "Detroit of the East". Hitler's architect's (who played a major role in the mystique and rise of Nazism) son is the architect of record for the project. http://service.spiegel.de/cach e/international/0,1518,397578, 00.html |
Crazy_pete Member Username: Crazy_pete
Post Number: 12 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 72.138.178.249
| Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 4:16 pm: | |
Say what you want about Nazis, they sure had some crazy architecture. |
Rustic Member Username: Rustic
Post Number: 2024 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 130.132.177.245
| Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 4:25 pm: | |
BV, thanks for the link. There was an article I posted a while back on a thread I started which touched on this too ... economist article (In case ya can't read the article, I quoted it in the older thread Exporting Detroit's business model ...) It is a powerful beast that was created and unleashed in Detroit. Yay Detroit, it is a terrible and wonderful place! |
Rberlin Member Username: Rberlin
Post Number: 351 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 68.255.74.6
| Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 4:30 pm: | |
Crazy architecture that wouldn't work. Hitler's genius architect basically wanted to rebuild Europe's most famous landmarks, 10 times as big, in Berlin. And he didn't make up for his lack of originality with engineering skills either. Berlin is an old Slavic name meaning swamp or wet place. Had Hitler been able to build "Germania" it would have been so heavy it just would have sunk into the soft ground. |
Ddmoore54 Member Username: Ddmoore54
Post Number: 279 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 69.242.220.249
| Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 5:45 pm: | |
And the construction was so shoddy that what wasn't blown up has completely deteriorated in only 50 years. |
Rustic Member Username: Rustic
Post Number: 2027 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 130.132.177.245
| Posted on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 5:54 pm: | |
"And the construction was so shoddy that what wasn't blown up has completely deteriorated in only 50 years." Now I'm confused are we talking about nazi Germany or auto boom DEEEEtroit? |
Doctors Member Username: Doctors
Post Number: 691 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.42.124.248
| Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 12:26 pm: | |
Rberlin's not joking. Look at other cities around the globe that were built in swampy areas, or in areas where there was little bedrock. |