(In anticipation of my forthcoming job in academia, which surely requires at least a modicum of decorum even in one’s personal venues, I decided not to use several possible titles for this entry–but don’t let me stop you from suggesting them..)
Today a journalist at the Tallahassee Democrat broke the usual silence about one of the funnier quirks in this town: the architectural error that resulted in an unmistakeable image when the Capitol is approached from Appalachee Parkway, one of the major roads intersecting Tallahassee’s civic center. This is hardly news (did I just write “hardly?” The mind works in amazing ways…), but it’s funny to read about it on the website for the Fourth Estate, such as it is in these parts (go Noles, go Noles, go Noles… and oh, by the way, world ends tomorrow; see page C-18).
No surprise that some are shocked, shocked, that anyone would bring this up. I just wish this was the worst problem a city could have.
Posted on this day, other years:
- Email lists: are they last-century? - 2007
- Defrag 2007: Exploring the Implicit - 2007
- FRL Among the Digirati - 2005
- LiB Covers Gorman at CLA - 2005
- Such Long Legs I Have... - 2005
- A Dissident and a Magazine - 2004
- lii.org Toolbar - 2003
- RSS Woes - 2003
- Second IL Con-Grunt: Search - 2003
- Six Degrees of David Brin - 2003
3 responses so far ↓
1 Dorothea // Nov 8, 2006 at 8:38 am
Wow. That is… truly unfortunate.
In Madison all they have on their capitol is a statue of a woman with a badger on her head. (I kid not.) I guess they’ll just have to take a back seat…
2 Sue Davidsen // Nov 8, 2006 at 9:40 am
The winner of the most phallic building in the world contest is the water tower in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
To see it for yourself and wonder in awe at how it ever got built,
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/phallic/winner.php
3 AG // Jan 21, 2007 at 11:23 am
Yes, the building is erect, but why shouldn’t it be
BTW: I’m very familiar w/Tally. Spent some years there earning BSME @ FAMU. Go Rattlers.
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