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To: Gauguin who wrote (51968)	6/8/2000 1:34:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

STEALTH BUILDINGS... no, not an original term... or, should I say, one that I thought up. No, lately, it seems that there is a good deal of growling and muttering among the architectural critics about the "inhumanity" of the architecture being thrust upon us... Insanely long corridors for sick people to have to limp or crawl down to get to the treatment area of hospitals... Performing arts centers designed to resemble ammunition bunkers... no visible entrances, no signs, no "human scale"...... Truth is, the "human" part of the equation doesn't count anymore... If it did, we'd see the architects of our misery out there in their wheelchairs or on crutches... trying to negotiate their way from the parking lot to the chemotherapy treatment ward, or the post office service counters... But they aren't... and so we'll continue to be the recipients of architecture designed by and for goons...

To: Gauguin who wrote (51968)	6/8/2000 7:50:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 71178

I sympathize. I once blew a perfectly good tire dropping mail into a mail slot at the new Chantilly post office, when it was new. I couldn't believe it. I got out, and looked at the curb, and looked at the drive, trying to figure out how it happened, because I've never done that before, and it was set at a really funky angle, for no reason whatsoever except that whoever designed it was an idiot. So instead of the drive-thru being a curve, it's sort of a rounded rectangle. If you don't cut your wheels just right, you'll rub your tires along the corner of the curb, and if you're really not paying attention, pop the bead on your tire. I mean, how hard can it be to design a functional drivethru? This is one things Americans excel at. Baffling.