tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post3702996523433206787..comments2023-08-03T11:56:57.358-04:00Comments on Philaphilia: Butt-Fugly Building of the Week-- April 26GroJLarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934904684571266144noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-30003654057322463712012-10-17T21:53:51.493-04:002012-10-17T21:53:51.493-04:00WOW! THANK-YOU for posting this! This really hits ...WOW! THANK-YOU for posting this! This really hits home as I am from Philadelphia and the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel is my most favourite hotel! The parking garage destroyed South Broad Street, and the beautiful Bellevue.. don't even get me started on what they did to her.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583189082668677126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-83032501962315040272011-06-27T15:38:06.832-04:002011-06-27T15:38:06.832-04:00Dude, you really need to expand to New York. Not j...Dude, you really need to expand to New York. Not just the city, but the state as well. There is so much hopeless horeshit around here, it makes the odor at Kensington Stables seem like lavender and roses. Take this guy, for instance: http://www.paulrudolph.org/chorley.html Why in GODS GREEN EARTH, would you want to spare this half-aircraft hangar, half-concentration-camp from demolishment, is beyond me. Or this one in the Bronx, that looks like a Police Walkie-Talkie: http://bestplaces.nydailynews.com/sites/default/files/images/galleries/2011/02/18/gal_montefiore.jpg, or this one in manhattan, lovingly coined "The Tumor": http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CijcaA9yq58/SlKx7XjP2kI/AAAAAAAACrE/Hjk0TYDia_8/s1600/blue_tower.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-50744522619794306452011-06-08T10:50:39.057-04:002011-06-08T10:50:39.057-04:00I could go on and on about Michael Graves. Somehow...I could go on and on about Michael Graves. Somehow he manages to maintain his popularity even after most of his buildings piss people off. Portlanders HATE the Portland Building, they have since it was built. <br /><br />In my opinion, Graves, Gehry, and Venturi have made careers out of marketing a brand rather that designing well crafted architecture. It's like pop-art. It's expensive because it's recognizable, not because it's pretty.Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06900938587407614521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-18162064965106768032011-05-19T13:27:40.628-04:002011-05-19T13:27:40.628-04:00Funny, how I wasn't really aware this was a M...Funny, how I wasn't really aware this was a Michael graves Bldg, I guess i just never looked twice at it, but from a glance is just easy to spot it is Graves.<br /><br />He's one of the architects I just don't understand, I get that it was the 80s, but still today he's making the same thing. <br /><br />His industrial design stuff is pretty cool though, sadly not his buildings.<br /><br />I guess he's the black sheep of the New York Five.jedisalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995729924525994237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-91370730476858978032011-05-18T15:08:26.305-04:002011-05-18T15:08:26.305-04:00Is that what Michael Graves does with everything h...Is that what Michael Graves does with everything he designs?<br /><br />To add insult to injury, I've always hated how the garage vaguely attempts to pay homage to the Art Club in it faux keystones and half round openings. At least the "Ugly Ass" parking garage across the street knows it's ugly and wears it proud.Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06900938587407614521noreply@blogger.com