Santa Monica Place
No one starts at the top, not even Frank Gehry, arguably the world's most famous living architect(he was even on the Simpsons. An indication of pop cultural dominance if there ever was one). He had to while away the time somehow while he was waiting to make such fabulous and dreamy structures as the Guggenheim Bilbao and the Disney Concert Hall, and no one should be surprised that he spent that part of his life trying to make money -- designing malls and other industrial buildings throughout Southern California. Two of them are now slated for demolition. Santa Monica Place, fiercely ugly beige monstrosity that anchors the far more pleasant Third Street Promenade and a building at UC Irvine, also said to be something of an eyesore. Generally, kuaptic sides with preservationists, but Santa Monica Place is hideous and deserves to go. Just because something is made by someone famous doesn't mean it's good.
posted by kuaptic. @ 9:29 AM
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