Comments on: The Gentle Author’s Tour Of Ghastly Facades https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/07/30/the-gentle-authors-tour-of-ghastly-facades/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:02:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/07/30/the-gentle-authors-tour-of-ghastly-facades/#comment-1593372 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:02:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200310#comment-1593372 I visited friends in Madrid back in 2003/2004, there was a lot of this springing up there. However, it seemed to work because the new buildings behind were not nearly as imposing as shown here.

]]> By: Mark in Colorado US https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/07/30/the-gentle-authors-tour-of-ghastly-facades/#comment-1593332 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:23:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200310#comment-1593332 You showed us some of these places on your early tours, and your book records the trend really well. Future observers will look at facadism as a weird desperate effort, a commentary on greed and loss. Sigh.

]]> By: Rosa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/07/30/the-gentle-authors-tour-of-ghastly-facades/#comment-1593268 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:41:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200310#comment-1593268 So powerful in metaphor that one is lost for words.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/07/30/the-gentle-authors-tour-of-ghastly-facades/#comment-1593255 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:46:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200310#comment-1593255 When you look at it, you realise that the project planners are in a dilemma — they want to create something NEW and preserve the OLD at the same time. Not an easy task when you want to please EVERYONE!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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