tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post112499611920420539..comments2023-07-10T00:22:11.785-07:00Comments on Yossarian Lives: On buildingsVeenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064708986711901612noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-1125375619797777572005-08-29T21:20:00.000-07:002005-08-29T21:20:00.000-07:00Very atmospheric post. It was a TRIP!Very atmospheric post. It was a TRIP!R.Nandakumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879162776342731034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-1125077235446368182005-08-26T10:27:00.000-07:002005-08-26T10:27:00.000-07:00Gawker,Thanks. Esp coming from you who I think sho...Gawker,<BR/><BR/>Thanks. Esp coming from you who I think should write for the Onion.Veenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064708986711901612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-1125071876338336552005-08-26T08:57:00.000-07:002005-08-26T08:57:00.000-07:00Beautiful post and very erudite too. You've done a...Beautiful post and very erudite too. You've done a lot of travelling, and you have a critical eye for observing things. Well-written, interesting and you could probably get this published too, I'm sure. If you haven't done that already, that is.gawkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081710140055676484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-1125065343178707142005-08-26T07:09:00.000-07:002005-08-26T07:09:00.000-07:00Anand, Shoefiend - Thanks much!Sunil - Keep starin...Anand, Shoefiend - Thanks much!<BR/><BR/>Sunil - Keep staring!<BR/><BR/>Karthik - Thanks. Maybe humility is not the right word but good to know you know what I mean! There are some buildings which go completely overboard - I was at this new Swaminarayan temple in the suburbs of Chicago recently and it was so overdone that somehow I couldn't believe it was a place of worship.<BR/><BR/>Arzan - Thanks. Good to hear from an architect. I was thinking of writing abt the prairie and the chicago school of architecture, but decided that would need to be a completely different post. Just Wright's homes like Falling water and Robie house would have to have a post by itself. <BR/><BR/>I agree that 333 Wacker Dr is another postmodern structure - but I think the beauty of the building is that it curves along with the river, so the combined effect is very striking. And though I like the Tribune bldg, I am not a huge fan of imitating French cathedrals in downtown Chicago - I think I usually tend to like more original buildings and that's why Meis or Wright mean so much to me.<BR/><BR/>I love NY too though every time I am in Manhattan, I only have time to meet friends, party and somehow squeeze in a trip to the Strand. Haven't really walked around looking at individual buildings.<BR/><BR/>VeenaVeenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064708986711901612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-1125060922580615182005-08-26T05:55:00.000-07:002005-08-26T05:55:00.000-07:00a wonderful read!a wonderful read!The ramblings of a shoe fiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193183543700543479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-1125032495595121032005-08-25T22:01:00.000-07:002005-08-25T22:01:00.000-07:00Wonderful post. Enjoyed reading it very much.Wonderful post. Enjoyed reading it very much.Anandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03808254503523404702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-1125023455620696662005-08-25T19:30:00.000-07:002005-08-25T19:30:00.000-07:00very nice post. As an architect I really like the ...very nice post. As an architect I really like the way you have put it together. <BR/><BR/>Chicago is a great city for architecture. It is the birthplace of the typology of Skyscrapers, and also the Prairie housese, which later came to be the quintessential American House type...called USONIAN houses.<BR/><BR/>As an urban designer what really fascinates me is the way these tall buildings come and meet the ground plane. and integrate into the city fabric. <BR/><BR/>BTW...i think 333 Wacker Drive os a very pastiche example of post modern architecture. The Chicago Tribune Building, closer is more impressive...or the John Hancock a little further away. Another classic is 880 Lake Drive, (the address may be wrong) a little away from Navy Pier.<BR/><BR/>New York has the same density in skyscrapers, and nearly the same range. It just has many more of them. Thats the reason I fell in love with the city and has been "home" for the past 7 years.arZanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696064626614010898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14282752.post-1125018991471913672005-08-25T18:16:00.000-07:002005-08-25T18:16:00.000-07:00nice.......very nice.I love buildings too........j...nice.......very nice.<BR/><BR/>I love buildings too........just like to stare at them.....Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.com