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Terrance F. Flaherty Lycidas at worldnet.att.net
Mon Oct 11 14:38:27 CDT 1999


"Derek C. Maus" wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, David Morris wrote:
> 
> > Times Square IS Las Vegas, for God's sake!  Theatricality/Advertizing is
> > it's essence.  Hardly the place to look for today's predominant
> > architectural zeigheist.
> 
> Actually, the post-Rudy Times Square looks a lot more like a Planet
> Hollywood version of Las Vegas (i.e., no bare breasted cabaret dancers, no
> gambling and nothing "offensive"), which is as compelling a practical
> defense of Baudrillard's writings on "simulacra" as I've seen in a long,
> long time. If there's any architectural "zeitgeist" left in either Las
> Vegas or Times Square, it's certainly been covered by a pretty thick
> veneer of obliterating neon. Try downtown Boston for architectural
> zeitgeist, for better or worse.
> 


An Rudy ain't dunn nutin good about all dem PHALLIC
skyscrapers neither.



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