Buffalo Stance
A collection of beautiful photos of the Buffalo grain silos that accidentally kicked off European modernism. Still looking eerie and majestic, nearly a century after the likes of Gropius and Mendelsohn saw in them the architecture of the future...
posted by owen hatherley at 3:08 pm
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Ah, thank you for blogging this. I used to live about 3 miles from these beasties, stand as they do by the mighty remains of the Erie Canal. It goes without saying that they are far more haunting and beautiful in person, what with the sharp winds of Lake Erie blowing snowflakes about their large, cement sides. Sigh, it almost makes me nostalgic...
Absolutely stunning. Are they now the preserve of "urban explorers", amorous teenagers, ne'er-do-wells, and the like?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/gnome/siloliner.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/gnome/cargill.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/gnome/breakwall.jpg
a few shots of mine from last winter
Glorious, thanks anon.
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