Slog - Comments on Black Building? http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building Under construction in Pittsburgh is The August Wilson Center for African American Culture, which when completed will look like this: Designed by Perkins+Will, a Chicago-based firm, the two-story steel and aluminum building is not, as you can see, very interesting. Nor is it aesthetically black American. What makes this structure black? Nothing. But then again, can there be such a thing as black American architecture in the way there is, say, Japanese architecture? Those who believe such a distinction is possible will certainly turn to black American music to prove that a line can be drawn between black aesthetic practices... Copyright 2008 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:27:06 -0800 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:32:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Lark Hawk Is this a joke? Supposedly "black" architecture that looks like a giant cock? What's next for black architecture - a building shaped like a watermelon?

]]> Lark Hawk http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556179 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:38:00 -0800 Comment by david Dude, it's John Henry's hammer.

]]> david http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556180 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:38:20 -0800 Comment by elswinger I thought it looked like a hammer.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556182 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556182 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:40:43 -0800 Comment by Gem Definitely a hammer.

]]> Gem http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556185 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556185 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:46:49 -0800 Comment by In my opinion It'll work. Pittsburgh has a high concentration of African-Americans in its urban area. Do you know if the building will be adjacent to the 'hill district', where many of Wilson's plays are set?

]]> In my opinion http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556186 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556186 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:48:50 -0800 Comment by david Yeah, to a Seattlite, everything looks like a cock.

]]> david http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556191 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556191 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:51:58 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley And it looks like, er, a giant white cock. And futuristic—for a playwright essentially concerned with history. This is the exact wrong design. The departure point for the building should've been the old house that we meet in the first play of the cycle, Gem of the Ocean (hello Ms. Rashad!) and whose demolition sits at the heart of the last play, Radio Golf.

I don't care who designed this aluminum turd—it should be razed.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556193 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556193 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:53:35 -0800 Comment by The Blob It looks like a bullet train. I see motion. I hear the voice of Schooly D rap “am I black enough for ya?”

]]> The Blob http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556195 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556195 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:59:20 -0800 Comment by Mark Summa’s are intellectual; cathedrals are cosmic.

If you're going to hold forth on art and culture, it would be nice if you used apostrophes properly.

]]> Mark http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556373 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556373 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:12:44 -0800 Comment by charles Mudede mark, it is a blog. it is a typo. we do our best.

]]> charles Mudede http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556389 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556389 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:30:41 -0800 Comment by Dave Coffman I actually think it looks like a Wahl Beard Trimmer. A very trendy one, probably one that would be available at Nordstrom or Rudy's as opposed to Bartell's.

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556426 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:48:02 -0800 Comment by yosef it represents what they built after they knocked down all the old buildings in the plays

]]> yosef http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556634 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:59:27 -0800 Comment by charles where's the whole foods?

]]> charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556637 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556637 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:04:58 -0800 Comment by Gitai I saw the giant cock too. But I am a cock hungry fag.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556654 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:25:12 -0800 Comment by him It's what the architects think black people want for the future:
-to be white
-to keep their giant cocks
-to be robo-perfect

If it's a hammer, why is there a testicle hanging out down there at the end of it?

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556712 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/black_building#c556712 Architecture Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:32:19 -0800