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| Author | Topic: Art and Architecture - 30 years Ago |
| richard |
posted 10/18/02 7:56 PM
The following images feature highlights from LIFE magazine 1972. The World Trade Center towers nearing completion. Note how the Center was practically on the banks of the Hudson River then.  The implosion of Pruitt-Igoe Public Housing, St. Louis, Missouri. Minoru Yamasaki was the architect of Pruitt-Igoe Housing (1955-58) and architect of the World Trade Center towers (1972-73) as well.  Laszlo Toth's attack of Michelangelo's Vatican PIETA, and the resultant damage.    The world's largest painting by Gene Davis on the parking lot in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art--31464 square feet, 12 miles of masking tape used, 400 gallons of special paint. As predicted, it lasted about 5 years. (I fondly remember walking over it often. Oh boy, now I'm dreaming reenactment.)  The 1972 Summer Olympic Complex, Munich, Germany. Architect-engineer Frei Otto's design still looks remarkably more refreshing than anything today's 'topology' architects imagine. (I fondly remember visiting this site late December 1975.)  Christo's VALLEY CURTAIN at Colorado's Rifle Gap.  "Jesus Freak O'Toole" pictured with a review of the movie THE RULING CLASS. (Go rent this movie!)  The scaffolded facade of Milan Cathedral. A sign of the future of pre-Modern architecture.  |
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