Behold the National World War Two Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. Observe the interesting relationship between the incoherent building and the freeway on-ramp, with the mediating embellishment of chain-link fence. A better visual metaphor for the mechanized brutality of the mid-20th century would be hard to find. Yet, one might ask: does it make the city a more appealing place? Do you really want to be there? Or is it something to run shrieking from? Let it serve as a warning to all those surfing the tides of techno-narcissism as to where that ethos is taking us. Happy Independence Day everybody! And thanks to Stephen Truslow for nominating this humdinger.
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The chance meeting on a dissecting table of a battleship and cafeteria PA speaker.
And assuming that’s the bow, the ship appears to be listing a bit to port.
Or perhaps it’s a rakish angle?
It looks like it’s suffered a partial collapse on the roof and some supports for a huge carport have given way allowed the carport to fall back against the building. Can I be an architect because I could design something that at least looks like it’s not in danger of imminent collapse?
Kudzu grows very well in Louisiana. Plant some and let is create a “Green” object to soften the industrial site. Who approves the final design of this Museum? Pathetic!
Are you absolutely sure that’s not a wastewater treatment plant?
The white pick-up trucks are a nice touch, as are the odd utility poles sticking up here and there. Then there is what looks like the back of a billboard to the lower left reflecting the sun, and an additional ramp in the background soaring gently skyward. Consider also the lighting – time of day is critical.
Stephen Truslow has a hell of an eye and knows a thing or two about photography to boot!
Nice wrapper for that flat “nose.”
Festung Europa coastal-artillery-bunker-on-the-Atlantik Revivalist.
I really hope no one has to die looking at that thing…… what a horrible last vision. Ramps are a nice touch.
That is a war museum? Who won?