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  • From: "Steven Keith" <skeith AT capstrat.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: raleigh modernism
  • Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:20:03 -0400

Does anyone know of any ghost songs about modernist architecture?

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[mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of John Iwaniszek
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 6:55 PM
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Subject: Re: raleigh modernism

rickbang AT gmail.com (rick sawyer) wrote in
2edd44c80510120823x61ec87d7s30db83fb15aa4ce4 AT mail.gmail.com:">news:2edd44c80510120823x61ec87d7s30db83fb15aa4ce4 AT mail.gmail.com:

>> really slick css. so much of modernist construction
>> seemed tied up in whatever was the latest material of
>> the time, often appropriated from some other industry
>> (the toy industry, apparently).
>
> *snerk.*
>
> i think the world is
>> still waiting for a truly modern architecture. that
>> is, one which serves *and pleases* the masses rather
>> than rich people and foolhardy yuppies.
>
> there is an International Style house on Dacian (or Markham?) Avenue
> in Trinity Park, Durham that is a treat to see nestled among its late
> 19th century (and Revival) neighbors. it seems to be holding up
> pretty well (though i've never been inside).
>
> rick.


Isn't there a pre-fab 50's stainless steel house in Durham as well?


(Pre-fab: before Warhol. Post-fab: circa somewhere during the first
Reagan
administration.)
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