I know what The Absolute on Myrtle reminds me of..
I’ve attached a picture. See if the picture tweaks your memory. I mean “The Absolute” as pictured by Mr B (“We think it looks good”) here: http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/12/the_absolute.php Cookie to the first person to spot what depressing building it evokes.
I’ve attached a picture. See if the picture tweaks your memory.
I mean “The Absolute” as pictured by Mr B (“We think it looks good”) here:
http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/12/the_absolute.php
Cookie to the first person to spot what depressing building it evokes.
it’s an international style standard–a Ruble a dozen.
Proof that nobody ever pays attention to previous comments?
It’s Wernham-Hogg, the depressingest place on earth.
Seeing the Eurpoean license plate on the car, I’d say somewhere in oh, I dunno….Germany? the UK?
NYS government campus building next to SUNY Albany?
DOH of any of the lower 48?
It reminds me of a hotel that the Brady family stayed in during either their visit to Hawaii or the theme park where the blueprints got misplaced.
an old car radiator?
i do love it! really!
Scranton is the new Slough which used to be the new Brooklyn
Here’s the thing: This old building’s only real problem is the rape-a-teria it creates with the brutal, shadowed plaza on the ground level. Otherwise, it has a lot of strong points–windows along the entire expanse of every single wall being a huge one.
The “Absolute” (take off the “e” for savings, and get free Citron shots in the lobby?) does not have that problem. Sleek steel vertical ribs. Cool, blue-green glass from floor to ceiling. Fresh, clean, and not 6th-Avenue cookie-cutter. Yay. (ish)