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“I could give a million reasons why
But you're going, and you know that
All you have to do is stay a minute
Just take your time
The clock is ticking, so stay
All you have to do is wait a second
Your hands on mine
The clock is ticking, so stay.”
Stay | Zedd, Alessia Cara
Visitors take a break in the Lerner Room at the Hirshhorn Museum. Some take a moment to enjoy the spectacular floor to ceiling view of the National Mall and National Archives, while others are conversing, scrolling through their smart phones, or even stealing a quick kiss. Washington, D.C.
Lindemann Level (with trees)
Architect Paul Rudolph's Government Service Center consists of two separate, but connected buildings: the Hurley Building and the Lindemann Mental Health Center. It's the most misunderstood building in Boston. Many consider it (wrongly, IMHO) to be the ugliest building in Boston. However, brutism is resurgent; interest among architects and architectural historians or enthusiasts has been picking up and gaining speed in recent years, and even popular sentiment has softened, at least to some extent. See this NY Times piece, Brutalism is Back, and Why Boston’s Brutalism Is Back in a Big Way from Boston Magazine.
One of Rudolph's masterpieces, Boston's Government Services Center ranks high among the best examples of Brutalist architecture in the United States (perhaps even eclipsing Boston City Hall). Designed and constructed after Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building tour de force, the Hurley/Lindermann building was never completed according to Rudolph's original design and vision. Construction of this high rise portion was never realized.
Kara Walker's Fons Americanus. This work (in London's Tate Modern) is inspired by the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace. The memorial was designed in 1901 to honour the achievements of Queen Victoria. Rather than a celebration of the British Empire, Walker’s fountain inverts the usual function of a memorial and questions narratives of power