ATDTdA : 12

[davemarc]

Have no doubt about it--McKim, Mead, and White was a major, well-regarded
architectural partnership that has attained "iconic" standing in NYC and
beyond.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKim,_Mead,_and_White
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_White

d.


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From: <mikebailey at speakeasy.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: ATDTdA : 12


>
> >
> > They sat in a masonry transmitter "shack" designed
> > by McKim, Mead and White, gradually getting used
> > to being alive and on dry land again. A workman's
> > wife had brought them blankets and coffee. Dr Tesla
> > had imported from Trieste. The rainlight came in
> > through a series of high arched windows.
> >
> >
>
> that was a real firm -
> http://www.rooseveltvanderbilt.org/rvitems.htm
> they built the Vanderbilt mansion in Hyde Park
>
> and they really were the contractors for Wardenclyffe
> http://www.teslasciencecenter.org/wardenclyffe.html
>
> they're also on this daunting list of architects a well-educated
> person should be familiar with:
> http://academics.triton.edu/faculty/fheitzman/cultlit.html
> - along with Imhotep, Ruskin, and Vitruvius
>
> McKim seems to be a misprint - most of the references say
> "McKin" - and they built a pretty cool-looking building
> called Lathrop House in Chicago as well
> http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_aj1992_b.jpg
> -- one of those places one drives by and wishes one had
> a couple dozen friends to share rent on...
>
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