tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28665449.post4207920536927117031..comments2023-11-05T03:55:46.013-06:00Comments on Building Minnesota: toddmelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083865983834066354noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28665449.post-62246148537949051422008-03-02T19:48:00.000-06:002008-03-02T19:48:00.000-06:00It is rather inelegant?It is rather inelegant?Bill Lindekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28665449.post-54066865734605211322008-01-17T23:21:00.000-06:002008-01-17T23:21:00.000-06:00Here's their website:http://www.centrevillagecondo...Here's their website:<BR/><BR/>http://www.centrevillagecondos.com/welcome<BR/><BR/>Like several buildings downtown that are basically square Jenga towers of concrete blocks stacked one upon another with flat, blank windows, people crammed in together side by side in identical cells of charmless,characterless structures that have no feature of interest or enlightenment, and very little thought, distinction or inspiration<BR/>from the architect...<BR/><BR/>Some definitely qualify as eyesores<BR/>or your basic soul deadening, mind numbing, mass produced, visual pollution, such as The Towers,<BR/>La Rive, Skyscape, and others...<BR/><BR/>Think someone locally identifies<BR/>the hideous in architecture on occassion in print...certainly the "endless bridge" projecting out of the back of the Guthrie, the Wing <BR/>at the public library, and as some<BR/>have said the "Evil Rock em Sock em" robot head that is the Walker<BR/>all qualify.<BR/><BR/>Few criticise such structures with the intelligence, wit, and the enraged yet devastatingly<BR/>accurate precision of Larry<BR/>Millett in his AIA Guide to the Twin Cities...<BR/><BR/>Of the Fifth Street Center in St. Paul LM says:<BR/><BR/>"This office tower originally home to a bank, offers one outstanding feature in the form of an elegant banking hall (vacant as of 2007) on the skyway level. The multiblock parking ramp to the rear, along Sixth St. is another story. An architectural atrocity in raw concrete and Cor-Ten steel, it is the ugliest object in all of downtown. It's especially depressing when you consider that one of St. Paul's finest old skyscrapers was destroyed to make way for this dreck."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28665449.post-57432278746339966142008-01-17T10:30:00.000-06:002008-01-17T10:30:00.000-06:00I'm not sure. Why do think Centre Village should b...I'm not sure. Why do think Centre Village should be highlighted? Is Centre Village the tower in downtown Minneapolis?toddmelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083865983834066354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28665449.post-32820784469387668512008-01-15T15:35:00.000-06:002008-01-15T15:35:00.000-06:00Has Kunstler gotten around to highlighting Centre ...Has Kunstler gotten around to highlighting Centre Village yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com