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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

One Seagate

4 comments:

irene said...: (1) Not exemplary architecture (except in the negative sense).

(2) tripod, tripod, tripod; February 11, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Jeffrey Smith said...: 1. It is, to anyone who knows the first thing about the subject.
2. I'm not lugging the tripod on the bus to a dinner appointment when I have no plans to do any serious photography.
3. I'm sick of your fucking insults. You are now banned from commenting on this blog.; February 11, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Kris Lucius said...: i've always had a soft spot for the building as arguably the most iconic of the toledo skyline, but then i look at its near-contemporary the Hancock Building in Boston and its amazing what a few acute angles could have done for it.... but it still has a regalness, one that has sadly been obliterated by the awful, awful signage that has been added. I'm not against the signs in principle, but it just looks cheap, and with such a thin and frail font (with serifs, at that!)

there is some interesting background about the architects of it (Harrison and Abramovitz of NYC) in Delirious New York by Rem Koolhaas; February 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Jeffrey Smith said...: I love it, primarily for the wonderful color it adds to the skyline. Simple buildings can be very beautiful.
The signage is one of my pet peeves. It could have been avoided if Mayor Ford had actually made any attempt to keep O-I from moving to Perrysburg.
I'll have to find Delirious New York. Wonder how Koolhaas is reacting to having one of his buildings destroyed by fireworks.
One last item. When it was built, One Seagate was known among O-I people as "Dodd's erection." They considered it part of a game of one-upsmanship betweeen Dodd, the CEO, and his counterpart at Owens-Corning.; February 12, 2009 at 8:14 AM

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