Weekend / Stuff
Smalls. It's still fun to find bubbles.
Mryton Purkiss bowl Perfect for guacamole. Chips included.
Mryton Purkiss bowl Perfect for guacamole. Chips included.
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Marcel Breuer / Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales Church (1966) by Marcel Breuer and his associate, Herbert Beckhard, in Muskegon, Michigan I was informed that the locals refer to it as Our Lady of Concrete
It's big
The hyperbolic paraboloid is said to cause some to get dizzy when looking up.
Before the buildings were added to the sides. Source: Fuck Yeah Brutalism
Model view from the rear Source: Fuck Yeah Brutalism
Breezeblock on the back building. I wonder who was drinking that beer?
It's big
The hyperbolic paraboloid is said to cause some to get dizzy when looking up.
Before the buildings were added to the sides. Source: Fuck Yeah Brutalism
Model view from the rear Source: Fuck Yeah Brutalism
Breezeblock on the back building. I wonder who was drinking that beer?
Loch Crane / Caltrans
Industrial Developers/Loch Crane Office Building (1965) by Loch Crane in the Sorrento Valley area of San Diego I've lived in San Diego my entire life and pass by the Sorrento Valley exit at least three times a week. Sunday was my first time taking the exit. I wasn't there to look for this Loch Crane project. but was drawn in by the breeze block that could be seen from a distance. The building is vacant and pond vegetation and algae have taken over the gutter and sidewalks. Fences are up around this property and all the neighboring buildings around the cul-de-sac. No Trespassing signs on the fence note that the property is owned by Caltrans, the state highway agency.The reason Caltrans now owns the area is because the retaining wall they built for a freeway expansion project (seen here behind the building) caused ground water to seep into building foundations, hence the pond look on the street. Caltrans now plans to demolish the buildings. BID proposals for the demolition went ou…
