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Date: | Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:20:11 EDT |
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[log in to unmask] writes of her trip to England:
<<Thanks for the tip! Any further suggestions? I've got two weeks scheduled,
and one week yet to be determined. >>
I was astonished by:
-the cruddiness of the subways
-the huge amount of art deco/moderne interwar building
-how intact the city of Bath was; I know there was a lot of downtown
destruction for highways and stuff, but I mean the individual buildings in
the terraces - no AC outlets, no plate glass, no ripped-off parapets, no
cheesy siding - I am not clear on when facade controls came in, but it can't
have been so early that it accounts for how unchanged the terraces are -
there must be a cultural component
-examine Raymond Hood's polished black granite Radiator Building, 1930, a few
blocks west of the British Museum
-London phone booths are awash, sinking even, in porno flyers
-the "bog man" at the British Museum - absolutely astounding
Signed, Fan of Bog Man
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