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John Heaton
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22 February 2012 @ 04:57 pm
Great and Terrible redux  
I had to stop by the City-County Building this afternoon. On my way out I swung past the Madison Parks office, and was very amused to see that back in 1971, they had won an award from the American Institute of Architects for the Penn Park picnic shelter:

Penn Park picnic shelter

Penn Park picnic shelter (closeup)

I think we can all agree that this award validates my comments about this structure when I originally posted these pictures in 2010: "as an example of a bygone design aesthetic, it's the best thing EVER." Of course, I also called it "objectively hideous" …
 
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ksilversilver05 on February 22nd, 2012 11:33 pm (UTC)
Wasn't all architecture in the 70s hideous?
Rustyrustydog on February 23rd, 2012 02:57 am (UTC)
For all your picnic-under-a-highway-bridge wants and needs!

Ha, I remember this picnic shelter because it's the same style of architecture as the building I work in. It looks exactly like a parking garage. Little can anyone tell from the outside that there are classrooms and offices inside.
heaven has a hardware problem: MadMen/MissJoanimwalde on February 23rd, 2012 05:04 am (UTC)
Wow. It looks like there was once a highway overpass, most of it got torn down, and that is what is left. That is gloriously hideous.
John Heaton: huzzahjheaton on February 23rd, 2012 05:16 am (UTC)
Indeed. As I said back in 2010, "Can't decide whether to have your next event at a picnic shelter or under a freeway overpass? I HAVE GOOD NEWS."

Edited at 2012-02-23 05:16 am (UTC)
petzipellepingo: woah buffy by noaluvjamespetzipellepingo on February 23rd, 2012 09:20 am (UTC)
That is hideous but then most 70s things were.
Persistent Jesusmrghoul on February 23rd, 2012 03:26 pm (UTC)
It is ugly, for sure. But I'll bet it stays cool as a cave under there on hot days!
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