Architecture
Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back
Paean to an outhouse.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 11, 2018 -
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Category: Architecture, Domestic, Music, Excrement, 1960s
The Bridge of Stupidity
From the Moscow Times:The so-called “Bridge of Stupidity,” built on the outskirts of Russia’s second-largest city in 2009, has become an online sensation for the number of accidents its 2-meter height has caused. Fourteen trucks have already gotten stuck underneath the bridge this year, despite a banner overhead warning drivers of low clearance.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 06, 2018 -
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Category: Architecture, Trucks
The Palace of Depression
Article here.
Wikipedia page here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 02, 2018 -
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Category: Architecture, Eccentrics, Outsider Art, 1930s
Spiral Road Tower
Original page here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 16, 2018 -
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Category: Architecture, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Motor Vehicles, 1930s
The Dutch Mountain
In July 2011, the Dutch journalist Thijs Zonneveld wrote a column in which he proposed that a mountain be built in the Netherlands. He meant the idea as a joke, but people liked it so much that a grassroots movement formed in support of the project.Zonneveld's idea was for the mountain to be 1.2 miles high, and 3.1 miles wide. For which reason, it soon became apparent that a solid mountain wouldn't work. It would be massively expensive, and its weight might lead to earthquakes. But a hollow mountain, that was a definite maybe...
Unfortunately it seems like people have now lost interest in the mountain project. Its website has disappeared, but is still viewable via the Wayback Machine.
More info: wikipedia, reuters.com
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 10, 2018 -
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Category: Architecture, Real Estate, Europe
Photographer Leslie Jones
Leslie Jones (1886-1967) seems to have had a quirky sense of humor. I like his series of shots titled "Odd Fences."You can see more at this link.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 10, 2017 -
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Category: Architecture, Eccentrics, Photography and Photographers, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
Jack Punter’s House
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 26, 2017 -
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Category: Architecture, Domestic, Eccentrics, 1950s
House Wrapped in Cellophane
Apparently, Christo had a predecessor.
Source of image.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 28, 2017 -
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Category: Architecture, Domestic, Publicity Stunts, 1930s
England’s Smallest Window
Wikipedia reference here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 17, 2017 -
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Category: Architecture, Europe
Swift Pavilion, 1939 World’s Fair
The exhibition hall for Swift's was shaped like a giant hotdog.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 20, 2017 -
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Category: Architecture, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Food, 1930s
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