Comments on: Two Out Of One-Hundred And Fifty http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/ Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: darin http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/comment-page-1/#comment-6813 darin Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:02:26 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/#comment-6813 I like 1180 - I thought it was great to see something really creative going up in Midtown. I also like some of the newer condo buildings like the Spire and also this <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanceypants/71648755/" rel="nofollow">one on Howell Mill Rd</a>. I like 1180 – I thought it was great to see something really creative going up in Midtown. I also like some of the newer condo buildings like the Spire and also this one on Howell Mill Rd.

]]> By: Davesm http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/comment-page-1/#comment-6812 Davesm Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:39:58 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/#comment-6812 My wife and I call 1180 the Tweezer Bldg. I like it though. My wife and I call 1180 the Tweezer Bldg. I like it though.

]]> By: Rashid Z. Muhammad http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/comment-page-1/#comment-6811 Rashid Z. Muhammad Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:31:24 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/#comment-6811 Personally, I am enamored with 191 Peachtree - especially as seen from The Sundial. I hear you on 1180, I keep waiting on them to finish the damn thing. Personally, I am enamored with 191 Peachtree – especially as seen from The Sundial.

I hear you on 1180, I keep waiting on them to finish the damn thing.

]]> By: james http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/comment-page-1/#comment-6810 james Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:09:49 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/#comment-6810 hah hah cindy...i call that building the nuclear missile silo. i keep waiting to see an mx peacemaker emerge from it's top.... hah hah cindy…i call that building the nuclear missile silo. i keep waiting to see an mx peacemaker emerge from it’s top….

]]> By: Cindy http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/comment-page-1/#comment-6809 Cindy Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:36:42 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/#comment-6809 As an architecture major at gatech, I used to HATE that Bank of America building. The pyramidal top mismatched the rest of the building. The color was reminiscent of old rust. Yet somehow, over the years, that building grew on me. Whenever I got lost in the city, went too far on ponce, going in circles in virginia highlands, etc, I would always look for for that ugly building. It wasn't until my flight back from studying abroad in Spain that I saw the light atop the Bank of America flashing at me from the evening sky and this feeling of arriving home washed over me. That's when I became more and more fond of it. Right now, I'm really hating on 1180 Peachtree, what I term to be "the Batman Building". hehe As an architecture major at gatech, I used to HATE that Bank of America building. The pyramidal top mismatched the rest of the building. The color was reminiscent of old rust. Yet somehow, over the years, that building grew on me. Whenever I got lost in the city, went too far on ponce, going in circles in virginia highlands, etc, I would always look for for that ugly building.
It wasn’t until my flight back from studying abroad in Spain that I saw the light atop the Bank of America flashing at me from the evening sky and this feeling of arriving home washed over me. That’s when I became more and more fond of it.

Right now, I’m really hating on 1180 Peachtree, what I term to be “the Batman Building”. hehe

]]> By: Davesm http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/comment-page-1/#comment-6808 Davesm Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:22:58 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/#comment-6808 The Wachovia Building on the corner of Peachtree and North Ave. It is a classic example of Mid Century... Oh Nevermind. The Wachovia Building on the corner of Peachtree and North Ave. It is a classic example of Mid Century… Oh Nevermind.

]]> By: d.ortiz http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/comment-page-1/#comment-6807 d.ortiz Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:36:26 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/#comment-6807 I'm surprised we cracked the top 100. This city is dull in a nation obsessed with the dullest expressions of dull, internationalist style. I’m surprised we cracked the top 100. This city is dull in a nation obsessed with the dullest expressions of dull, internationalist style.

]]> By: BPJ http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/comment-page-1/#comment-6806 BPJ Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:17:08 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/#comment-6806 Oops - I mean Renzo Piano's 2005 addition to the High. Oops – I mean Renzo Piano’s 2005 addition to the High.

]]> By: BPJ http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/comment-page-1/#comment-6805 BPJ Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:53:19 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/#comment-6805 In addition to Richard Meier's 1983 High, and the Hyatt (which I much prefer to Portman's other hotels), I would add Renzo Piano's 1995 addition to the High, and the "IBM Tower" (One Atlantic Center), by Philip Johnson (Paul Goldberger, in the New York Times, correctly called it a great postmodernist building). The Bank of America building is handsome, but I wouldn't put it in the same class as the IBM Tower. In addition to Richard Meier’s 1983 High, and the Hyatt (which I much prefer to Portman’s other hotels), I would add Renzo Piano’s 1995 addition to the High, and the “IBM Tower” (One Atlantic Center), by Philip Johnson (Paul Goldberger, in the New York Times, correctly called it a great postmodernist building). The Bank of America building is handsome, but I wouldn’t put it in the same class as the IBM Tower.

]]> By: harry http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/comment-page-1/#comment-6804 harry Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:30:47 +0000 http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2007/02/12/two-out-of-one-hundred-and-fifty/#comment-6804 None. High Museum is beautiful. That's it. None. High Museum is beautiful. That’s it.

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