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Originally Posted by Brainpathology
Although DEAR LORD having just read the best of list he obviously threw in the tetris building to make it just a teeeny bit less transparent that the sine qua non of a good building in Denver is that it be partially funded by the government through either public private partnerships, donations, or bonds.
I need to go shower. Holy — those two articles are icky.
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Always enjoy your "insight."
Yes, with his "Best of" list, Paglia clearly shows his civic side bias. It did allow for reminiscing to earlier Skyscraper days and the many nice, fun and interesting contributions to the Civic Park neighborhood.
With respect to his "Worst of" list I'll give Paglia a nod for his architectural chops but I don't care much for his prejudice.
For grins, I went back to DenverInfill and reviewed
RyanD's very nice
Final Update of AMLI Riverfront. Given its siting, I like it just fine. I like the extensive use of brick and its hardly unimaginative or boring understanding its purpose for existing.
I also checked out
RyanD's Final Update for
Line 28 at LoHi. Here Paglia is bothered by the "Hipster" name and developer's (Holland Partners) efficient process. He should have scheduled a couple of sessions with his shrink before he put this list together.
As for the Zocalo projects, including the "monstrosity" at 2020 Lawrence I won't argue the architectural appeal. I am much more interested however on how these significant residential projects will age given their much better than average bones and quality on the inside. I expect they'll appeal to those who want to live in the urban core for a very long time.
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