http://montrealrealestateblog.com/karl-fischer-celebrity-architect/ A daily dose of the local market. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://montrealrealestateblog.com/karl-fischer-celebrity-architect/#comment-427 Septic Tank Mon, 05 May 2008 16:57:36 +0000 http://montrealrealestateblog.com/?p=214#comment-427 Um, actually, I think "Hot Karl," as Curbed dubs his works, has become shorthand for ugly, soulless abominations deposited, like dog doo, on our streets with almost a willful disregard of others, particularly in Williamsburg/Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I imagine my grandchildren will look on those architectural defecations, if they're still standing then, and wonder, as we do when regarding the few remaining bulwarks of brutalism: What the hell were they thinking? But I'll say this in their defense: they are a perfect visual representation of the forces of gentrification buffeting those neighborhoods and leaving an urban suburbia in their wake. Um, actually, I think “Hot Karl,” as Curbed dubs his works, has become shorthand for ugly, soulless abominations deposited, like dog doo, on our streets with almost a willful disregard of others, particularly in Williamsburg/Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I imagine my grandchildren will look on those architectural defecations, if they’re still standing then, and wonder, as we do when regarding the few remaining bulwarks of brutalism: What the hell were they thinking? But I’ll say this in their defense: they are a perfect visual representation of the forces of gentrification buffeting those neighborhoods and leaving an urban suburbia in their wake.

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