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Posted by Warm Worm on April 18, 2007, 2:53 am
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> >> >> Do you remember the last time it was "cool" to loom over the public
> >> >> realm
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> >> > Are you talking about its overlap of the older building too? :)
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> >> No just the public realm. When I was in school the consensus was that
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> >> was a mistake and a slippery slope to the erosion of the quality of the
> >> public realm (street).
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> > A little like downtown overhead catwalks, especially lower ones, which
> > remove natural light and can also give the feeling that, when walking
> > underneath them, that somehow one is suddenly on private property.
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> > As a related side-note; two years ago, I had a security guard come up
> > to me while I was photographing a Christmas tree inside the renovated
> > heritage building (I think it's called The Terminal) that gives access
> > to the Seabus ferry in Vancouver and has a number of kiosks and cafes
> > inside.
> > He insisted that I must stop because taking pictures was not allowed.
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> > Check this out:
> >http://backslash.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/31/195248
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> Sometimes I don't know why the hell I care anymore.
Perhaps if everyone cared (at least a bit more than many seem to) in
their own small ways and corners of the globe, there'd be a greater-
than-the-sum-of-their-own-parts effect.
Myself, after my architectural CAD certificate courses, I might like
to hook up with an international volunteer social housing outfit.
Despite the differences, I Don seems pretty much on the same side, but
just doesn't realize it sometimes because he's got a few vestiges of
"capitalism" left in him and his stubborn wriggling and squirming
around makes it hard to take the rest out.
> I like this persons comment though:
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> http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=15811973&sid=192586&tid=158
That's something I thought of too, and is possible with today's
technology. Many cops are sitting ducks (so they need be quacking the
way their job description says, unless they're ok with getting shot
and dined on).
I did manage to snap that pic at the last minute, incidentally. I
would have wanted more time to set it up, but despite the guard
hovering over me, I was surprisingly-pleased with the results. I'll
post it later on. It has some architectural elements of interest in it
as well.
> Would saying something like that and bluffing be considered a crime?
I doubt it... I say if you don't have the technology, though, you
could always bring a friend as a shadow-sniper with the same equipment
(plus some zoom lenses).
With that setup, I'd almost want to take a few weekends just to go
duck-hunting. :)
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