When doing the reading for class I was having a hard time picturing several of the terms which Jencks mentioned. After the discussion in class, my struggle turned to trying to figure out what was appealing about the various stylistic qualities of postmodern architecture. I am one who enjoys older styles of architecture, feeling drawn to the quaint qualities found more often in small, sometimes rural, towns. However, my partner has a very different architectural taste.
As I was driving to my partner's apartment in Baldwin Park after class I began to notice the urbane urbanism that we had discussed and remembered a conversation my partner and I had recently. They were commenting on the fact that they hated Florida as a state unless it was fake. Places like Baldwin Park, recently developed suburbs, or gated communities where everything has a place and is maintained were preferable in their mind. As I drove through Baldwin Park I could see the allure, there was an overwhelming feeling of sameness but it was almost calming how cookie cutter everything seemed. One could get lost in the uniformity for years, never craving anything else because of how picturesque and convenient the neighborhood is.
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Baldwin Park
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I have also found comfort in environments like that, there is no other word for them other than pleasant. However, I enjoy the oddities that come from older and quainter towns. It may be a divergence in aesthetic as I am just not a city person and many of the examples that were mentioned happen to occur in city contexts but I just am not sold on the postmodern look.
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Mast General Store Boone, NC
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The Sea Hagg Cortez Fishing Village, FL
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