Post by Sargai on May 6, 2014 22:36:45 GMT -5
I would like each of you to read that title in boisterous announcer voice, making sure to hold and stretch the "est" in interest for as long as possible before finally planting an exclamation mark and sorting through your coughing fit.
If you are like me, then chances are you might stumble across articles about all sorts of interesting things that aren't likely to create a ton of discussion and probably don't prod you toward the boards to create a thread. This thread is for that.
While I really don't care much about architecture, I started following Geoff Manaugh's BLDGBLOG a few years ago because he post about some genuinely fascinating content. The most recent post, which prompted me to create this thread, is about mysterious holes appearing and disappearing in the sand dune of Indiana's Mt. Baldy. I'd quote it, but it is a short post and doing so is like stealing the best parts. <Demolition Ground>
The articles that led me to the blog in the first place concerned the lost lakes of New York and the possibility of fishing in the basements of Manhattan. Again, both are short articles, but as with the article above, they often lead to longer sources for those interesting in digging further. <Deep in the basement of an ancient tenement on Second Avenue in the heart of midtown New York City, I was fishing.> and <Lost Lakes of the Empire State Building>
While those last two articles didn't stir any real interest in architecture, I was left curious about urban exploration. Though I would never do it because I have seen too many horror movies and read too many horror stories and am way too out of shape to run from the dangers lurking in the unknown, I love the idea of exploring the places within a city that most people never see. which involves exploring places within a city that most people never see. That led me to a pretty good short film where Steve Duncan, noted in one of the above articles, visits some of these areas. <Undercity> Edit: Apparently, there is a series now.
If you are like me, then chances are you might stumble across articles about all sorts of interesting things that aren't likely to create a ton of discussion and probably don't prod you toward the boards to create a thread. This thread is for that.
While I really don't care much about architecture, I started following Geoff Manaugh's BLDGBLOG a few years ago because he post about some genuinely fascinating content. The most recent post, which prompted me to create this thread, is about mysterious holes appearing and disappearing in the sand dune of Indiana's Mt. Baldy. I'd quote it, but it is a short post and doing so is like stealing the best parts. <Demolition Ground>
The articles that led me to the blog in the first place concerned the lost lakes of New York and the possibility of fishing in the basements of Manhattan. Again, both are short articles, but as with the article above, they often lead to longer sources for those interesting in digging further. <Deep in the basement of an ancient tenement on Second Avenue in the heart of midtown New York City, I was fishing.> and <Lost Lakes of the Empire State Building>
While those last two articles didn't stir any real interest in architecture, I was left curious about urban exploration. Though I would never do it because I have seen too many horror movies and read too many horror stories and am way too out of shape to run from the dangers lurking in the unknown, I love the idea of exploring the places within a city that most people never see. which involves exploring places within a city that most people never see. That led me to a pretty good short film where Steve Duncan, noted in one of the above articles, visits some of these areas. <Undercity> Edit: Apparently, there is a series now.