Comments on: Photo of the Day

By: emerson

emerson — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:24:12 +0000

The buildings on the left are known as the “Fred and Ginger” buildings because they appear to be dancing together.

By: UCrawford

UCrawford — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:25:16 +0000

@Pugnacious…it does. :)

By: Pugnacious

Pugnacious — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:38:00 +0000

And at Carnegie Hall with Billy Barty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM0RIVxB3ew&feature=related

By: Pugnacious

Pugnacious — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:29:10 +0000

What Frank Goldberg is to architecture, Spike Jones and His City Slickers are to 1950s Big Band music.

Check out Freddie Morgan(stern) in this classic piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JKuqNRSYTQ

By: Pugnacious

Pugnacious — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:34:12 +0000

@ UCrawford~

I’ve heard of being joined at the hip… that big “staple” seems to do the trick.

By: UCrawford

UCrawford — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:16:48 +0000

@Pugnacious…the buildings were actually constructed so the two towers looked like they’re dancing. It’s not as evident from that angle because the “arms” are obscured, but if you type “dancing buildings” into a Google search it should pop up near the top of the list and you’ll see what I men.

By: Pugnacious

Pugnacious — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:11:32 +0000

Perhaps coincidentally, Gehry worked with the architect on this one! :)

More like artist Salvador Dali.

By: Pugnacious

Pugnacious — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:50:29 +0000

What’s with these “Goldbergs,” Rube and Frank?

By: EH

EH — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:58:08 +0000

ms1170: “Actually, chickens walk very slowly and have short attention spans. The likelihood of one actually completely crossing an average road is very slim indeed. And besides, who makes a stapler that big? Pfft, nobody, that’s who.”

By: aairfccha

aairfccha — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:13:44 +0000

Yes nice building but wasn’t this already posted?

By: ms1170

ms1170 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:50:51 +0000

EH. This is the opposite of a coincidence.

By: EH

EH — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:11:30 +0000

Perhaps coincidentally, Gehry worked with the architect on this one! :)

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:38:34 +0000

Looks like something inspired by Hundertwasser but the wikipedia article doesn’t list any of his work in Prague . . . anybody know who the architect was?

By: MH

MH — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:30:03 +0000

Reminds me of the building Frank Gehry built for MIT,

By: UCrawford

UCrawford — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:38:05 +0000

That was a fascinating building. Definitely caught my eye when I was there…I was sorry we weren’t able to go inside and look around to see how it was laid out.