SEE HERE Delancey Place is a webservice that delivers interesting clips to your email box every day. Sometimes they are particularly noteworthy, and sometimes not. Today's however was about "The Crystal Palace." I am particularly fascinated by outstanding human achievements that often represent paradigm shifts in the sense of transforming sensibilities from prior states of belief that some things could not be done to subsequent states of wonder that they have not been done before. Among these I would list The Crystal Palace, an architectural breakthrough, an achievement in the use of reusable parts, progressive construction and epic proportions. Two other examples that come to mind are the Empire State Building which was built in 18 months, and the Victory ships of WWII. When the imagination is unleashed it is often amazing what can be achieved.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Delancey Place Celebrates the "Crystal Palace"
SEE HERE Delancey Place is a webservice that delivers interesting clips to your email box every day. Sometimes they are particularly noteworthy, and sometimes not. Today's however was about "The Crystal Palace." I am particularly fascinated by outstanding human achievements that often represent paradigm shifts in the sense of transforming sensibilities from prior states of belief that some things could not be done to subsequent states of wonder that they have not been done before. Among these I would list The Crystal Palace, an architectural breakthrough, an achievement in the use of reusable parts, progressive construction and epic proportions. Two other examples that come to mind are the Empire State Building which was built in 18 months, and the Victory ships of WWII. When the imagination is unleashed it is often amazing what can be achieved.
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Great post, Ray. I remember a scene in a movie about Queen Victoria when the architect came to talk to Prince Albert about his idea. Wonderful scene in the movie, wish I could remember the title.
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