Buffalo, Syracuse, Rome...Yes, race fans, I'm talking about the great state of New York. This will be a short post, or a small one, if the word "short" brings nasty connections to your mind or if you are vertically challenged or...
Anyway; I will do a trilogy, I think, in the tradition of the original Star Wars and hopefully of the same epic proportions (although, without the furry little Ewoks) on my stay here in Upper NY.
Got to tell you: LOVE Buffalo. And for all the wrong reasons, too. There are a ton of old, empty industrial buildings all over the city. In addition, you can drive over the Peace Bridge and get crappy Canadian money for every US dollar in good old Canada. (Where do I sign up for that deal?)
Here are some more of the infamous camera phone shots for your amusement. Sorry for the reflections of the Volvo in the windshield (windscreen for you English readers). There is only so much a guy can do when driving 10 miles over the posted speed limit on the freeway while adjusting the radio, drinking soda and taking photos with his phone. Anyway...Like I said in the paragraph above, I love the city and it is 100% due to the old industrial buildings. I am probably the only architect in the world that would rather look at the wasted and aged buildings of monumental scale MORE than I would want to look at the latest, greatest, cover-of-arch-rec buildings that everyone else holds up as art. Not that I don't appreciate them, but there is just something about the composition, decay, age, monumentally awesome proportions, new growth, painterly quality about these buildings that turn my head over and over and over again. Like a beautiful woman who doesn't know that she is beautiful and that everyone else misses because she isn't making an event out of her looks. I know: strange. What can I say?
May the Buffalo be with you.
Disclaimer: Ewoks are annoying, but underneath all that fur there is probably a real living person with a beating heart, so show some respect. I remember seeing the Star Wars with the Ewoks in the Dickinson, North Dakota movie theater that used to be on Villard or Main as a kid. It's gone now, but that is another story all together. I remember thinking If only I had a high powered rifle and a deer scope...
1 comment:
You make Buffalo look wonderful. The old buildings tug at something in my heart.
On another note, Ewoks may be annoying, but how could you want to shoot something so cuddly looking?!
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