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June 20, 2006
Frank Gehry to Brooklyn: Drop Dead
The Left Behinds
Solomon Grundy's healthy skepticism of "tastemakers," like novelist Jonathan Lethem, is no match for "Transformers:"
The key word there is "tastemakers," as in people like Lethem and Gehry and their friends and fans. You know, people with taste. "Frank," he seems to be admonishing, "you can't possibly want to go out looking like that. For God's sake, New Yorkers don't wear scrunchies. Put something decent on."
So will these "ponderous skyscrapers and superblocks" be as aesthetically offensive as Lethem claims?
It's like some giant grey Transformer clomped its foot down on Park Slope. And imagine when in a few years all those pristine white beams get coated in soot from the neverending traffic jams that are projected as a direct result of this development (have you ever tried to drive through Flatbush or Atlantic during rush hour or on a weekend?). It'll be a Transformer's giant grey dirty foot.
Jonathan, you've convinced me: It's not just tastemakers who should be appalled by Gehry's designs.
Posted by lumi at June 20, 2006 8:00 AM