The Tricorn Lives in Our Hearts
Me on English Heritage, in the New Statesman. There's also a piece in this month's Blueprint on 'trickle-down architecture' - although you'll have to actually buy the thing.
UPDATE: now with angry letter! Love the Joy Division reference...(it's the fourth letter down)
posted by owen hatherley at 6:10 PM
3 Comments:
AHEM...
(i) (a pedant writes) English Heritage don't list buildings - they make recommendations to the Secretary of State at DCMS;
(ii) in the case of the Tricorn, EH's recommendation in March 2004 was NOT to list it (much to the annoyance of the Twentieth Century Society and Portsmouth Society).
http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Press_notices/archive_2004/dcms015_04.htm
(i) I know, but that would make a long sentence much longer...
(ii) Funny, the book I was reviewing said quite clearly that they listed it Grade II*! I actually checked it last night to make sure, as I worried that I had just misread, because I don't remember it being listed at the time. As it was published by EH themselves I can only presume that was revisionism...?
I like the NS reader's angry letter - "shopping a vaguely sinister experience" - imagine that!
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