It talks about the urban planner Victor Gruen who essentially invented the concept and ideal layout of a shopping mall to be a Third Place. Not home, not work, but a 3rd place, where people would interact and relax and revitalize.
After consumerism warped his vision, he came to hate malls and speak out against them. “I refuse to pay alimony for these bastard developments.”
The notion that people interacted with their community in those halls of worship to American corporate consumerism is hilarious
I got harassed a lot when I was younger and went to the mall.
Does that count as interacting?
Honestly, I don't mind the mall near our house. There are stores of all variety, a food court with decent options, the food store, and it's a place that I can take the kid to do she can run around and burn off energy when it's raining.
And we see many of the same people there. I'm at smiling and nodding status with a few of the other regulars.
It was a thing yeah, but there's a difference between teenagers hanging out at the mall and the mall being a place for the community ala Jane Jacobs sidewalks
It talks about the urban planner Victor Gruen who essentially invented the concept and ideal layout of a shopping mall to be a Third Place. Not home, not work, but a 3rd place, where people would interact and relax and revitalize.
After consumerism warped his vision, he came to hate malls and speak out against them. “I refuse to pay alimony for these bastard developments.”
They're two podcasts into a series on designing against wildfires in California. Starting with designing better houses and then better neighborhoods. Both backed up with some interesting science and ideas.
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Is there a special kind of mind that needs constant, screaming reminders of its own excessive consumption?
or is it something you put up once for funsies, and 3 months later you barely even notice that your house is plastered with shit a low-rent Vegas casino would consider "a bit much".
Either way this is actually kind of depressing me. This is the 21st century version of the Roman "dining off swallows nipples and eating a bust of your own head carved out of cheese" era.
but I'd probably paint a video game mural on the wall if I had the money, so I guess I can't judge.
I mean content matters. "Putting up visual reminders of your hobby" =/= gross. "My hobby is uncritical worship of capitalism and consumption" = gross even if you don't literally draw it on your roof.
But artistically, the walls don't even have any visual coherence. It's just poorly placed decals.
but I'd probably paint a video game mural on the wall if I had the money, so I guess I can't judge.
I mean content matters. "Putting up visual reminders of your hobby" =/= gross. "My hobby is uncritical worship of capitalism and consumption" = gross even if you don't literally draw it on your roof.
But artistically, the walls don't even have any visual coherence. It's just poorly placed decals.
Oh yeah that's fair, I agree there.
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When I'm rich I'm gonna have a mural on one of my walls be a big Where's Waldo scene and it's gonna have drawings of all my friends hidden away in there and there's gonna be a popcorn machine and a Goldfish cracker dispenser and a Starburst dispenser so you can snack while you tick off things you've spotted on your check list and it's gonna be great.
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Im making a mosaic out of gold plated diamonds with the phrase "FUCK THE POORS WE GUCCI NOW $$$!", on the outside of my gated estate.
When I'm rich I'm gonna have a mural on one of my walls be a big Where's Waldo scene and it's gonna have drawings of all my friends hidden away in there and there's gonna be a popcorn machine and a Goldfish cracker dispenser and a Starburst dispenser so you can snack while you tick off things you've spotted on your check list and it's gonna be great.
how many pools will you have chico
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Do we have a gardening thread or would this be like the defacto gardening thread on account of the landscaping and whatnot cuz I got questions and I'm looking for input on a thing
There a guy on Twitter lambasting churches for not being churchy enough. The examples he links to are unironically awesome, so I feel like I have to ironically follow
I don't see a problem with building a new building behind an existing facade so long as it's done right. Especially if keeping the facade is to preserve a historical element or feel to a district
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I discovered there is a house down the road from me that isn't actually a house. It's an empty shell made to look like a house from the outside. It's pretty odd.
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I discovered there is a house down the road from me that isn't actually a house. It's an empty shell made to look like a house from the outside. It's pretty odd.
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Not really
Unless there was an arcade
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-gruen-effect/
It talks about the urban planner Victor Gruen who essentially invented the concept and ideal layout of a shopping mall to be a Third Place. Not home, not work, but a 3rd place, where people would interact and relax and revitalize.
After consumerism warped his vision, he came to hate malls and speak out against them. “I refuse to pay alimony for these bastard developments.”
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
big box strip malls are an especial favorite of mine
trying to get from the bus stop outside starbucks at 8:27AM to the 8:30AM shift at the silvercity theatre on sundays was always a fun sprint
I got harassed a lot when I was younger and went to the mall.
Does that count as interacting?
Honestly, I don't mind the mall near our house. There are stores of all variety, a food court with decent options, the food store, and it's a place that I can take the kid to do she can run around and burn off energy when it's raining.
And we see many of the same people there. I'm at smiling and nodding status with a few of the other regulars.
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It was a thing yeah, but there's a difference between teenagers hanging out at the mall and the mall being a place for the community ala Jane Jacobs sidewalks
This was a really interesting read, thanks!
or is it something you put up once for funsies, and 3 months later you barely even notice that your house is plastered with shit a low-rent Vegas casino would consider "a bit much".
Either way this is actually kind of depressing me. This is the 21st century version of the Roman "dining off swallows nipples and eating a bust of your own head carved out of cheese" era.
but I'd probably paint a video game mural on the wall if I had the money, so I guess I can't judge.
Bionic Commando levels all over!
I mean content matters. "Putting up visual reminders of your hobby" =/= gross. "My hobby is uncritical worship of capitalism and consumption" = gross even if you don't literally draw it on your roof.
But artistically, the walls don't even have any visual coherence. It's just poorly placed decals.
Oh yeah that's fair, I agree there.
how many pools will you have chico
my dispensers are going to be those little cherub fountains that spray water
but instead of a cherubic angel it's going to be my face
and instead of water it's going to be LIQUID GOLD
my guests will marvel at the exquisite tastefulness while being burned to death by opulent golden showers
No pools.
Unless...
you can find all of the hidden things on my Where's Waldo mural.
Is this Barron Trump's Summer holiday home in the Rockies?
Do you mean a bar? Or a vending machine?
Although beer taps are definitely superior
Do you know what's on the inside?
Seriously though look how fake this looks: