tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post3113452948010174858..comments2023-10-11T05:46:26.432-05:00Comments on Where: Save Our Modernism!Brendan Crainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00528698033763911972noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post-65738094639275706982009-10-14T12:30:27.703-05:002009-10-14T12:30:27.703-05:00I agree that we need to keep a few of them around,...I agree that we need to keep a few of them around, however only two or three, I can thing of only a handfull of noteworthy architectural buildings in Louisiana, however they no longer meet the function requirements of the public school system. And as everyone knows "form follows function."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post-27827376581952621692008-08-30T00:15:00.000-05:002008-08-30T00:15:00.000-05:00Actually, that's what I was referring to. Histori...Actually, that's what I was referring to. Historic preservation, as a mainstream movement, didn't really exist until the Modernists starting tearing down anything with a decent cornice.<BR/><BR/>PoMo, unlike Modernism, was an near-complete disaster, regardless of geography...Brendan Crainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528698033763911972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post-34931125055067802962008-08-29T22:18:00.000-05:002008-08-29T22:18:00.000-05:00Actually,the preservationists in New Orleans date ...Actually,the preservationists in New Orleans date back to the mid 1960's during the height of modernism, when I-10 was planned to drive through the center of the french quarter and hug the river's edge. They fought much of the Modernist development in the city, its one of the reason these schools need to be saved. There are relatively few modernist buildings in New Orleans, and one of the best, the Rivergate Convention Center, was lost years ago to Post-Modern progress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post-90943866898162437992008-08-28T23:29:00.000-05:002008-08-28T23:29:00.000-05:00They were around, but they weren't as well organiz...They were around, but they weren't as well organized. There's never an organized response to something until after it requires one. Who sets up foundations or activist groups for problems that don't exist?Brendan Crainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528698033763911972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post-75548426795064603682008-08-28T23:26:00.000-05:002008-08-28T23:26:00.000-05:00yeah, yeah, I'm sure we need to keep a few of thes...yeah, yeah, I'm sure we need to keep a few of these specimens around. But where were the preservationists back when the modernists wanted to plow down all tradition in a bold rush to an internationally homogeneous future. Kind of ironic to me.Daniel Nairnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127732825472374125noreply@blogger.com