tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10295475.post8616438400655000241..comments2024-03-11T06:27:39.480-05:00Comments on architectural ruminations: Chicago's Alexander Hamilton MemorialAndrew Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17064192548070679174noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10295475.post-41762849992542085182017-07-06T14:24:16.347-05:002017-07-06T14:24:16.347-05:00Somehow I got my Stingray bike up on that slab, a ...Somehow I got my Stingray bike up on that slab, a great into to modernist architecture!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10295475.post-34012414554001469692010-09-24T14:59:56.690-05:002010-09-24T14:59:56.690-05:00Steve, thanks for your comment. I didn't think...Steve, thanks for your comment. I didn't think of the 2001 stone slab, but you're right, it does have that vibe.<br /><br />I'm wondering if the structural framework for the monument was concrete or steel. If it was steel and moisture was seeping in, I could understand that corrosion could have destroyed its integrity.<br /><br />Somehow, concrete makes more sense to me for a masonry structure and shouldn't have had those kinds of problems. Perhaps there was a delamination of the stone veneer from its underpinnings. I wonder what the issues were?Andrew Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17064192548070679174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10295475.post-61580222421070904182010-09-24T12:58:43.899-05:002010-09-24T12:58:43.899-05:00Without knowing all the surrounding issues, it see...Without knowing all the surrounding issues, it seems like restoring the Marx setting would've been the most appropriate thing to do. That slab had a real 2001: A Space Odyssey quality, in a good way.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883174900549292499noreply@blogger.com