tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post4772506849722916643..comments2024-03-26T17:48:13.000-07:00Comments on The Clerk Manifesto: ConformityFeldenstein Calypsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-66003392820671848292014-05-01T23:26:28.366-07:002014-05-01T23:26:28.366-07:00Have I seen the W. E. B. Dubois library? Naturally...Have I seen the W. E. B. Dubois library? Naturally, as I have the Internet! But, alas, no, not in person. While distinct, what with the bricks popping out, it did not make the book. In Venice they had a brick tower rather like that that started shedding bricks and whatnot and then just collapsed all of the sudden about a hundred years ago, but it was not a library, so I don't know what made me mention it. I went to the place you work once or twice because I know you and when I try to remember it I can only picture the middle school I went to. You went to it too. But any stray readers poking around in the comments might not have been to either of them. To them (you) I'll say if you haven't seen either of these you might want to check out the baroque architecture of Rome first, and then work your way down the quality architecture list for awhile before going to see either GA's workplace or our Middle School. I will say though that the two of them are probably not all that similar in reality and are just a weird accidental juxtaposition in my head, whereas the Umass Library and that tower in Venice are practically twins!<br /><br />That's about all from here. Thank you for your comment. As you know comments are so treasured around here that they elicit free bonus blogposts as replies. But then, of course, if you write a nice comment about brick popping libraries it's a bonus guest blog post to begin with, so really there are two bonus blog posts out of the whole process.<br /><br />I bet everyone, though edified, must be exhausted now.Feldenstein Calypsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-39902677362566082342014-04-28T16:58:07.019-07:002014-04-28T16:58:07.019-07:00Wow! Yikes! Have you ever seen the library at UMAS...Wow! Yikes! Have you ever seen the library at UMASS Amherst? It's very tall and towerish and made of brick. From what I recall, they forgot to take into account the weight of the books (books are heavy!) and unfortunately when the books were shelved bricks starting popping out here and there. Hence, a protective scaffolding at the entrance and a roped-off perimeter. I wonder if that library was in your book. I mean, it's original, right? To have bricks popping out? <br /><br />I feel very much the same about the place where I work, where the bond money was delivered and, probably to save money, the place became another with tall buildings and rather strangely Orwellian and cramped but technologically efficient quarters. G.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08242049267511221959noreply@blogger.com