4.26.2007

brutal

Having just returned from a long weekend in Portland, Oregon, I am reminded how far design has come as it firmly entrenches itself in the mainstream. That city is so pretty, so cute, so well manicured....that it sort of makes me want to vomit.

Don't get me wrong. I love that place, spent a long time there, but now question whether too much of a good thing is beginning to rid it of its once alluring mix of crack heads, blue collar workers, and the occasional Intel employee. Now everything is cool, everyone is cool, and I'm beginning to think that the city of Portland is forcing all new residents to read Richard Florida.(trigger vomit comment here). Yearning for "ugly" or, I share with you, dear readers, some refreshing brutalism.

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