This is a small experiment in the blogosphere. "If you have no interest in what it's like to grow old, what follows is not for you. However, if it's going to happen to you, and the outcome is ultimately going to be negative, then finding a way to make the process as bearable, even as enjoyable as possible, might be worth a little attention."—from John Jerome's On Turning Sixty-Five
20 June 2008
Nearby Creative Destruction
The picture above is that of a construction site at one of the corners of 17th and Poly. It used to be a filling station and garage, left over from the days when our oil companies thought it was necessary to have at least two stations if not more on every corner in every town in America.
There was no architectural merit to what was quickly knocked down a few days ago. I noted a sign suggesting that the replacement was going to be the office of several plastic surgeons, who are very crowded in the medical corridor, and I suppose to be closer to many of their patients in the West End they decided to move out here. Instead of corner taverns or filling stations we now have corner dentists and soon will have corner plastic surgeons.
The question I have is whether a plastic surgeon has to have a building that looks good architecturally speaking?
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The picture was taken in June 08. In March 09 the corner looks exactly the same. Maybe there is a recession if a plastic surgeon can't get credit.
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