New Paradise Laboratories  

(not a fan of koolhaas)

Delirious New York had just been published. In this retroactive handbook Koolhaas presented the skyscraper as the star of a ‘theatre of progress’ and claimed that ‘in the twentieth-century metropolis architecture becomes an instrument whereby people can redesign themselves’. ((Rem Koolhaas, quoted in Hans van Dijk, ‘Rem Koolhaas interview’, Wonen TA/BK no. 11, 1978, p.18.))

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124052317417749965.html

no structural damage, confusing though, considering it was cctv(unoccupied @time

"as soon as you realize you're empty, you're not, because the realization is still there." shit.

I love that Yahoo protects us from this troubling content. I'll try to carry around less garbage today.

aw dammit i can't find it again but there's a note that says he's sick of bailing out poor people who can't take responsibility for their choices. but this is where i get confused... what about wealthy people that can't take responsibility for their choices?