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I live across of it, and I have to say it has the grace you'd expect of a 60's housing project in the eastern bloc. The rendering is quite flattering.

by olidb2 12y ago

mtalantikite 12y ago
I also live a couple blocks from it and the only upside is that it'll eventually block the rusty looking Barclays Center from view. I'd gladly take the old Freddy's back.
- n72 12y ago
  Ah, Freddy's. Let's raise a glass to Bruce Ratner and the glories of eminent domain.
- bluthru 12y ago
  I really enjoy the rich tones of the facade: http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barclays-Center-SHoP-main.jpg http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barclay... Does rust automatically turn people off because of cultural connotations? It's self-finishing, already appears established, and doesn't require maintenance.
  - potatolicious 12y ago
    Is it cultural? I feel like rust is a fairly universal signal for decay.
    - Aeolun 12y ago
      Decay is not necessarily a bad thing. I like the aesthetics of rust.
  - schrodinger 12y ago
    Rust doesn't require maintenance? It will keep going until the underlying steel is all gone - not really something you can just let go. As opposed to aluminum oxide which is self limiting - it only forms a thin layer, then stops.
    - woodchuck64 12y ago
      Barclay is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel
  - mtalantikite 12y ago
    I like the material, particularly when it's juxtaposed with nature, but its use on the Barclays Center doesn't do it for me. There's nothing around the structure that relieves it.
paganel 12y ago
> it has the grace you'd expect of a 60's housing project in the eastern bloc Maybe because I'm now writing this comment from inside a 70's housing project in the (former) eastern bloc, but lately (meaning the last 2-3 years) I've seen a re-appraisal of the eastern bloc esthetics. Apart from these two FB pages (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Socialist-modernism/337958596346888 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Socialist-modernism/337958596... and https://www.facebook.com/thecommunisttenant https://www.facebook.com/thecommunisttenant) there are countless Instagram accounts where one can find really interesting photos of the (mostly brutalist) eastern bloc buildings from that era.
- _delirium 12y ago
  For western brutalism, there are also photo-blogs like: http://fuckyeahbrutalism.tumblr.com/ http://fuckyeahbrutalism.tumblr.com/ IMO the b/w photography this blog uses does flatter the buildings a bit; in full color in person they don't have quite the same feel.
  - bane 12y ago
    "Brutalism - for people who like living in unfinished construction sites covered in seeping water damage" I cheer a little on the inside whenever I see a brutalist building being torn down. There's so very few buildings of the type that are worth anything, and so many of the type that barely last a generation before needing repairs that amount to new construction cost.

I live across of it, and I have to say it has the grace you'd expect of a 60's housing project in the eastern bloc. The rendering is quite flattering.

by olidb2 12y ago

I live across of it, and I have to say it has the grace you'd expect of a 60's housing project in the eastern bloc. The rendering is quite flattering.

mtalantikite 12y ago

I also live a couple blocks from it and the only upside is that it'll eventually block the rusty looking Barclays Center from view. I'd gladly take the old Freddy's back.

n72 12y ago
Ah, Freddy's. Let's raise a glass to Bruce Ratner and the glories of eminent domain.
bluthru 12y ago
I really enjoy the rich tones of the facade: http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barclays-Center-SHoP-main.jpg http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barclay... Does rust automatically turn people off because of cultural connotations? It's self-finishing, already appears established, and doesn't require maintenance.
- potatolicious 12y ago
  Is it cultural? I feel like rust is a fairly universal signal for decay.
  - Aeolun 12y ago
    Decay is not necessarily a bad thing. I like the aesthetics of rust.
- schrodinger 12y ago
  Rust doesn't require maintenance? It will keep going until the underlying steel is all gone - not really something you can just let go. As opposed to aluminum oxide which is self limiting - it only forms a thin layer, then stops.
  - woodchuck64 12y ago
    Barclay is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel
- mtalantikite 12y ago
  I like the material, particularly when it's juxtaposed with nature, but its use on the Barclays Center doesn't do it for me. There's nothing around the structure that relieves it.

paganel 12y ago

> it has the grace you'd expect of a 60's housing project in the eastern bloc Maybe because I'm now writing this comment from inside a 70's housing project in the (former) eastern bloc, but lately (meaning the last 2-3 years) I've seen a re-appraisal of the eastern bloc esthetics. Apart from these two FB pages (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Socialist-modernism/337958596346888 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Socialist-modernism/337958596... and https://www.facebook.com/thecommunisttenant https://www.facebook.com/thecommunisttenant) there are countless Instagram accounts where one can find really interesting photos of the (mostly brutalist) eastern bloc buildings from that era.

_delirium 12y ago
For western brutalism, there are also photo-blogs like: http://fuckyeahbrutalism.tumblr.com/ http://fuckyeahbrutalism.tumblr.com/ IMO the b/w photography this blog uses does flatter the buildings a bit; in full color in person they don't have quite the same feel.
- bane 12y ago
  "Brutalism - for people who like living in unfinished construction sites covered in seeping water damage" I cheer a little on the inside whenever I see a brutalist building being torn down. There's so very few buildings of the type that are worth anything, and so many of the type that barely last a generation before needing repairs that amount to new construction cost.