"the clarence" - postmodern kitsch comes to kingston
i went back to see what had ever happened to that planned development out by the airport - you know, the one that was supposed to look like the boomerang and spur wicked development for all those neo-techies flooding into the region *cough*.
well... i've yet to see exactly what's going on, and the pics that i had linked before have all disappeared from the website of BEHNISCH ARCHITEKTEN, the uber-trendy architecture firm that had penned the plans. that was disappointing - i've driven out to the airport a few times (actually used the place too - fancy that... one time had to wait 15 minutes in line for my flight! craziness i tells ya!). well... i decided to search through behnisch's new web home to see if they had a pic or two up of the building, but, along the way i came across something even more interesting...
i give you "the clarence", the oh-so-european apartment complex coming to kingston's downtown. i'm not really sure what to make of it - a cubist interpretation of a cucumber salad? perhaps... any other ideas?
can you see the project on this pic? it's that big yellow/green thing in the middle!
knowing kingston, this will be controversial - anything that doesn't reek of limestone and victorian idealism is shunned for the leperous travesty it is.
to check out the site, go to the following address behnisch and make click!
that'll open a flash site - click on 'on the boards' and scroll through the list until you come to the relish kingdom.
i'll post more thoughts when they come to me...
oh, and here's the link to kincore holding's 'the clarence' site... where you can sign up for updates on the project (no timeline given). i like how they say on the page that you can 'ask' to participate in their confidential online survey, then post a link to the survey in the same sentence!
well... i've yet to see exactly what's going on, and the pics that i had linked before have all disappeared from the website of BEHNISCH ARCHITEKTEN, the uber-trendy architecture firm that had penned the plans. that was disappointing - i've driven out to the airport a few times (actually used the place too - fancy that... one time had to wait 15 minutes in line for my flight! craziness i tells ya!). well... i decided to search through behnisch's new web home to see if they had a pic or two up of the building, but, along the way i came across something even more interesting...
i give you "the clarence", the oh-so-european apartment complex coming to kingston's downtown. i'm not really sure what to make of it - a cubist interpretation of a cucumber salad? perhaps... any other ideas?
can you see the project on this pic? it's that big yellow/green thing in the middle!
knowing kingston, this will be controversial - anything that doesn't reek of limestone and victorian idealism is shunned for the leperous travesty it is.
to check out the site, go to the following address behnisch and make click!
that'll open a flash site - click on 'on the boards' and scroll through the list until you come to the relish kingdom.
i'll post more thoughts when they come to me...
oh, and here's the link to kincore holding's 'the clarence' site... where you can sign up for updates on the project (no timeline given). i like how they say on the page that you can 'ask' to participate in their confidential online survey, then post a link to the survey in the same sentence!
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