I'm watching Koyaanisqatsi. If you haven't seen it, put it at No. 1 on your Netflix list.
Want to know something really creepy?
The post-WWII federal housing project comprising 33 11-story buildings in St. Louis, called Pruitt-Igoe, was designed by the same person who designed the World Trade Centers. Pruitt-Igoe was destroyed in 1972, by planned demolition.
I can't help wondering how architect Minoru Yamasaki must feel.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Coincidences
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Koyaanisqatsi,
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Pruitt-Igoe,
World Trade Centers
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Thanks for the post, Pico! I've seen Koyaanisqatsi, too, and was startled to learn that the same architect designed both the Pruitt-Igoe project and the World Trade Center. It's unnerving to watch the footage in the movie of the destruction of the P-I buildings because it's so similar to the collapse of the Twin Towers. Very creepy.
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