tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post3743744597724603213..comments2024-03-28T20:35:00.265+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Gropius' Chicago legacy lostHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-38928710644566510832009-11-01T10:25:35.541+11:002009-11-01T10:25:35.541+11:00marc and M,
possibly every city in the world has s...marc and M,<br />possibly every city in the world has senselessly destroyed some of its architectural and historical treasures.<br /><br />Cloudland was built in Brisbane in 1939-40 and was the venue for every concert and dance programme in that city from 1940 until 1982. Developers moved in at 3 am in November 1982 and illegally demolished this amazing building, full of chandeliers, tiered seating around the dance floor, domed sky lights and rich decorative details. The citizens of Brisbane were devastated, especially the ex-servicement and their sweethearts who had once enjoyed R & R from the worst fighting in WW2.<br /><br />But there was something even more tragic about Gropius' treasures, I think. Something of historical importance to Chicago of course, but also to the rest of the world.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66528276938014664532009-11-01T09:57:32.975+11:002009-11-01T09:57:32.975+11:00I had no idea that this was happening! How tragic...I had no idea that this was happening! How tragic. This story reminds me a little of the Yamasaki complex that was torn down in St. Louis in the 1970s: http://badarthistory.blogspot.com/2009/09/minoru-yamasaki.html<br /><br />I agree with marc aurel, it is a shame that Chicago prefers to destroy the buildings rather than restore them.Alberti's Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060586087447314960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-7019502703504161862009-10-31T11:59:08.230+11:002009-10-31T11:59:08.230+11:00I love these buildings and see that they are the b...I love these buildings and see that they are the begining of the sort of styles I have come to love in more recent buildings. What a shame to destroy rather than restore them. I've been given to understand how progressive Chicago is. Now I have my doubts.marc aurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03811106443815434007noreply@blogger.com