I'm here at an academic conference, the details of which I won't bore you with. I have found some time to take a couple of photos, though. First, a building in downtown Denver:
Which reminded me of the 'Palace of Civilization', located in EUR, the suburb of Rome that was designed under Mussolini and intended to celebrate twenty years of fascism at its formal grand opening in 1942:
I seem to have stumbled upon a product of Denver's brief but regrettable Monumental Fascist period.
Lonestar EUROPEAN... what?
And finally, this is in honor of the 'Guest Services and Loss Prevention Manager' at the hotel where I'm staying, whose name is actually Sugar Pride:
Wow, now I'm jonesing for a disgusting Little Debbie snack cake like you wouldn't believe...
Posted by: CN Heidelberg | May 30, 2009 at 07:26 PM
That Building thing realy got me scared!
the architects of dictatorships and boring rightwing people love these neoclassical buildings.
Posted by: Ligia | May 30, 2009 at 06:10 PM