Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] the new Columbia Public Library

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Mark Rages wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:57:02PM -0500, Ian Scott wrote:
> > Jonathan King wrote:
> > 
> > >  Well, it's safe to say that the designers pulled no punches.  I
> > >  can already tell that some people will absolutely hate the place.
> > >
> > That includes me.  The outside looks quite atrocious (granted, the 
> > rendering on the Library's web site looks better.)  I haven't seen the 
> > inside yet, and that's what really counts.
> > 
> > Ian
> 
> The rendering on the web site looks much better because they have hidden 
> the building with trees. I drive past the library every day, and it is one 
> of the ugliest buildings I have seen. "daring" is OK, and "fun" is cool. 
> But it is neither of these to make a building the shape and color of a 
> cowpie.

While it has a lot of colors inside, I don't think the "cowpie"  
shade made it into the interior.  To be frank, I'm not yet sure what
the point of the granite on the exterior was yet either. Meanwhile,
the "back" of the building, where the parking is, is completely
different from the front, and I don't think the front will look very
much like it does now when the landscaping is in.  For that matter,
you might have noticed that the front looks a *lot* different with
the lights on inside, which is the way it has looked for only a week
or two.

I'm still worried about those sculptures, though.

> OTOH, I hear the interior is very nice. I look forward to visiting. And 
> ugly buildings can be much-beloved by the community. 

Well, there's a kind of "ugly" that is close to "striking" (think
Uma Thurman, maybe) and then there's "ugly" that goes all the way to
the bone (think a really tacky house with bad vinyl siding).  And
then there's "so boring you don't even notice it".  There's too much
of the last two things in Columbia these days I think.

jking

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