[HN Gopher] Modern Babylon: Ziggurat Skyscrapers and Hugh Ferris...
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       Modern Babylon: Ziggurat Skyscrapers and Hugh Ferriss'
       Retrofuturism
        
       Author : prismatic
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2025-04-09 15:48 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | treetalker wrote:
       | Coruscant and Jedi Temple vibes.
        
         | vanderZwan wrote:
         | The design of Coruscant was quite explicitly inspired by the
         | look of Metropolis (1927). So it would be weirder if the vibes
         | weren't similar
        
       | nkrisc wrote:
       | Perhaps unsurprisingly, but several of those images immediately
       | reminded me of the current Chicago Board of Trade building, built
       | in 1930.
        
       | contingencies wrote:
       | On the Babylonian architectural "hanging gardens" theme, a recent
       | building in Sydney with significant external greenwall features,
       | _One Central Park_ [0], was unceremoniously described to me by a
       | nearby university community member as "where the prostitutes
       | live". The unspoken implication being that nobody else could
       | afford it, and people with family money went elsewhere. It's a
       | shame because everyone agrees it looks better than other
       | buildings. The cantilevered element was the source of some kind
       | of council planning problem. In Sydney, such things are highly
       | corrupt, as is our state government.
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       | [0] https://maps.app.goo.gl/nqonLL52DQAjQ5JY7
        
       | sans_souse wrote:
       | Wow, I wonder if this was part of Alex Proya's inspiration for
       | the setting and vibe of the 1998 film Dark City..
        
       | antonkar wrote:
       | Cool! We can build a direct democratic simulated multiverse (the
       | real superintelligence has everything in it, it's not an agent
       | but a place)
        
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