they're totally copying seattle.

http://academic.bowdoin.edu/faculty/M/mklingle/images/UWACurtisc1910.jpg

Reminds me of the old Denny Regrade when it was made.

max and will beat me.

"Spite mounds" they were (are?) called.

Or the inverse: Citigroup center in Manhattan that was cantilevered over a stubborn church. ;p

ugh. Looks like ground zero, though with less concrete barriers.

Is this what happens when children grow up with Tonka toys?

For a local version, check out the lone hanger-on house at the massive condo construction site by Mike's Chili in Ballard.

they may very well be local heroes. china has been forcing alot of people out of their homes lately, as the article says, and they RESENT THE HELL OUT OF IT. wouldn't you? these folks were lucky (i guess...), as most people don't have any choice with that gov't.

china is destroying their architectural heritage just as surely as america did in the post-war era, and continues to do today in favor of building ticky-tacky glue & plastic einstruzende neubauten.

& there ain't a thing any chinese citizen can do to stop it.

Hi Jim. You letter i received. Thanks! Photos is GREAT!!!!

Hi Jim. You letter i received. Thanks! Photos is GREAT!!!!

Hi Jim. You letter i received. Thanks! Photos is GREAT!!!!