Walking Tour
of Downtown Modern
surprised me
by starting with the Kress Building!
so, obviously,
i do not know modern
when i see it
like this building - the former Woolworth's Department Store
now International Civil Rights Museum
to me...art deco-ish, right?
but perhaps they gave us examples
of pre-cursors to this...
yep...modern skin, for sure!
& then there's the TEETH
(dentil molding modern up above)
(dentil molding classical down below)
the courthouse plaza...
modern, designed by
meanwhile, above the parking garage
sits this recessed contemplation garden
nearby...
& one of our favorites!
former site of the Greensboro Public Library,
now home to Elon Law School
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| not on the tour, but i really like this spiral entrance to a parking garage |
not my thing...
not really my thing, either...
(however, since i work daily in an office with no window,
i can appreciate the effort)
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| not on tour this year, but the under-construction Tanger Performing Arts Center |
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| Brutalism, pointed out by the Preservation Greensboro gurus |
i love these tours!
