RTP-area local music and culture

["Steven Keith" <skeith AT capstrat.com>]

Does anyone know of any ghost songs about modernist architecture? 

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rickbang AT gmail.com (rick sawyer) wrote in 
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>> 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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