  Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5557 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.201.179 |
Here is today's P.D.J. | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 5916 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.27.111.125 |
I love old "futurist" designs. That looks like the place where George Jetson would take his hovercraft for repairs. | ||
Llyn Member Username: Llyn Post Number: 1543 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 68.61.197.206 |
George Jetson is Canadian? I've never seen him watch hockey! | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 388 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 70.28.0.197 |
That "irestone" building is blight. | ||
Realitycheck Member Username: Realitycheck Post Number: 328 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 68.41.173.240 |
I'm with Jeff as an admirer of the architectural design that brings to mind a Jetsons-style building. On this side of the river, anyone else here old enough to recall Punchinello's restaurant in downtown Birmingham (Pierce and Martin, opposite City Hall front entrance). . . or the gift/decor shop it replaced? That classic, eye-catching structure also had a soaring, cantilevered roof. Nondescript, overpriced, mostly vacant condos stand there now. On a larger scale, here are 3 other examples: * Temple Sinai in Rochester, NY (1967):  * Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston (1972):  * Galeria Kaufhof department store in Chemnitz, Germany:  Thanks for posting a tire store that creates rolling momentum, Andrew! | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 837 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 209.104.146.146 |
Modern design is largely bunk. Every building should fit neatly into the cityscape of early twentieth century Detroit. | ||
Rsa Member Username: Rsa Post Number: 859 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.213.81.126 |
lol at 1953! | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 3850 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107 |
Nice midcentury moderne bldg. Thanks Andrew. So we take it, Firestone pulled out, eh? Looks like no customers, no employees, nuthin.' Flying M Coffee Shop just located in the Firestone store, Nampa, Idaho. There's a very historic one in Fort Worth, (TX) near the Louis Kahnesque Art Museum. jjaba. | ||
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2 Post Number: 312 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177 |
Nampa, Idaho! I worked at Micron in Nampa in the late 1990's!! I've been everywhere. Or, at least that's the way it seems sometimes. Livedog2 | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5560 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.201.179 |
jjaba, the picture was from Monday. Queen Victoria's birthday, National Holiday, eh? Everything was closed. |
