Re: Fw: abandoned places. . .and Hotels.

a few of those images remind me of Gursky.

http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/gursky/images/99cent_pop.jpg
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/gursky/images/shanghai_pop.jpg




> From: Howard Ray Lawrence <howardl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Fw: abandoned places. . .and Hotels.
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:12:15 -0700
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> Howard Ray Lawrence <howardl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   Pat:
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>   Thank you very much for these minimalist (socialist) images.
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>   This is quite an interesting collection of images.
>   The austere central space of this building reminds me of The Garden
> Court, The Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
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>   http://www.sfpalace.com/main/history.htm
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>   That kind of space, but more complex, is found in The Hyatt Regency in
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>         My family enjoyed both spaces over the years. Both places hold
> fond memories for us.  And, they transcend minimalist attitudes with their
> luxurious amenities.
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>   .H.
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: patachon
>     To: Howard Ray Lawrence
>     Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 10:45 PM
>     Subject: Re: abandoned places
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>       Pat:
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>       Thanks for the creepy picts. Boo to you too!
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>       .H.
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>       See also (in details) the  following:
>       http://www.familistere.com/site/index.php  ( the industrial site was
> the first  organizing workers , educating, helping their needs.), on a
> Fourier  basis for  pre-socialist utopy still  alive around the place.
>       (Godin was a  a producer of  wonderful cast iron stoves, bathtubs,
> and  kitchen accessories, still  working at the same place ( where the Duc
> de Guise probably lived )
>       (between Paris and Brussels)
>       I visited  the place, a few decades ago. ( production quality is not
> exactly the same recemtly, ...)
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>       if available in public library, look for "Jean Baptiste Nndré Godin,
> 1817 - 1888, - The Familistéere at Guise,  or  the equivalents of wealth",
> Bruxelles, Editions des Archives de l'Architecture Moderne", 2e edition,
> 1980.
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>       In the courtyard of his workshop ( quite a town...) he had a plaque
> with the address  ^ Hommes, soyez nous favorables".
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>       P.
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