From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Thu Dec 17 1998 - 23:53:30 MST
> Michael Lorrey wrote: ...However, I doubt
> very much that many silicon valley buildings are going to be considered
> architectural treasures over time, even if any of them are still standing.
ya, they seldom leave em standing if they are more than about 30 yrs.
i do get a laugh out of the things the historical societies consider worth
preservation: tacky tract shacks and so on. there was this little hot
dog stand in san jose that is shaped like an orange. the building is
shaped like an orange i mean. historic. been there since 1938. oh
yes, the diving lady. there was a little motel in santa clara with a neon
sign shaped like a diving lady (to advertise they had a pool). this was a
marilyn monroe shaped woman in a weird looking one piece bathing suit
complete with rubber cap: the exteme in urban tackiness. save it, been there
since 1951. {8-[ but the garage where steve jobs and steve wozniak
started a revolution? throw it out, post 1960. {8-[ sigh. spike
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