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Old Posted Aug 3, 2011, 2:30 PM
Nowhereman1280 Nowhereman1280 is offline
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Lemme answer that question with a glorious and resounding NO:


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Moderism did exactly what it was supposed to do, blast us out of the Stone Age and provide a completely new, refreshing, way of living and building. Can you imagine how radically refreshing it would be to come across this:


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After endless blocks of 70 year old, dingy, dilapidated brick and stone buildings? I think Modernism, if anything, was too successful and put itself in the position of the very styles it was trying to challenge by becoming the status quo for 30 years.
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