COMMENT OF THE DAY: IT’S THE CIRCLE OF BUILDING LIFE, AND IT MOVES US ALL “Gosh, I guess [I] would get away from debating the merits of antiquated cross ventilation systems vs. central air conditioning (a/c won out by the way). Or whether or not our rent is sufficiently cheap for a slum lord to maintain a viable apartment for this month and into the future. Pause just for a moment, hands off the pocket books for a second, to look at these images and contemplate the inevitable humbling the passage of time brings and how buildings just like people grow old, decay and die. Soon Old Wilshire will be gone and we will have a brand spanking new baby building we can all play with and tickle. Now won’t that be fun!” [Dimit, commenting on At Home in Houston’s Wilshire Village Apartments, Back in the Day]
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…to look at these images and contemplate the inevitable humbling the passage of time brings and how buildings just like people grow old, decay and die.
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Sometimes buildings are actually brought back to life by people who care more about architecture and history and having pleasant places to live than they do about profit.
Profit is not all. Unless you’re a self-absorbed but still completely insecure individual who believes you are what you have in the bank account. “I have, therefore I am.”
Comrade Matt,
Interesting diatribe on the nature of profit incentive and its relation to “pleasant places to live”. I assume you could have both of course, in fact they would seem to go hand in hand. I don’t know how you put bread on the table, but maybe you should consider not making a profit at whatever you do. Or maybe Swamplot should remove these Google Ads and sponor links that clutter up the pure visual aesthetic of the site. Oh, but then we might not have a “free” place to express ourselves.
Bit of a scene change, but I think some good news would be welcome: the Heights Theater is safe thanks to Max & Michael of Gallery M Squared. Preservation and Profit – two great tastes that taste great together!
I have to agree with “dimit”, buildings do have a life cycle and no matter how sad it might seem, society moves forward…it is called progress.
I have to agree with “dimitâ€, buildings do have a life cycle and no matter how sad it might seem, society moves forward…it is called progress.
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As I posted elsewhere the folly in all of this “out with the old, in with the new” is in the reality of Manhattan real estate. The most expensive apartments are in those old “pre-war” buildings as they are called.
As of this morning, it looks like all of the buildings might be down now… There might be a couple left on the south side of the complex, but I couldn’t tell from W Alabama. The good news is that most of the trees are still there