Post #427947 by Tipsy McStagger on Fri, Jan 9, 2009 5:19 AM

...in the 50's and 60's the economic landscape was much different than today....developers had more money to sink into making their projects more visible and marketable to the tastes of the time.....

things change....always......

it's regrettable that we who appreciate this style are seeing it vanish on a regular basis.....we do what we can to document, frequent and save what establishmnts we can.....but life goes on....no use whining about the past and lamenting it's inevitable passing....

I think we all agree that as far as architecture goes we are living in a sort of "dark ages" these days...hoping for a rennaisance......the barbarians of boring have invaded and pushed our fun and funky googie back 100 years....now we are stuck with them.

i don't ever imagine a day when people will look back with fondness on a strip mall or cement and glass box office building of today like they do of achitecture of the past...it just ain't gonna happen folks.....ugly is ugly and nothing is ever gonna change that.....

again, the world is changing all the time....cultural tastes change all the time......we have to make the best of it when up against forces beyond our control.

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2009-01-09 05:20 ]