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A variety of star modern architects like Steven Holl and Aldo Rossi worked on the model town of Seaside in Florida. Like the name, the result is bland and derivative, the perfect example of how aiming for just "nice" is not always a good thing. The very mediocrity of Seaside made it the perfect setting for the flawed utopia of the Truman show.
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May 30th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Thanx :)
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Seaside is actually a very nice place to visit. True is it is really doesn’t feel real but, hey, its vacation, not real life. Some cool (read: overpriced) toy stores and art supply stores. Little sandwich shops, coffee, boutiques, etc make for a nice walk around. There are also some pretty fun little awning fronted shops/tents section that has a cafe type spot that has fried pickles! Staying there is a bit absurd but we typically drive over for a day or afternoon when we stay someone close on the coast. Incidentally the designers of Seaside were rumored to have worked the layout for a neighborhood where I live called Westhaven (http://www.westhaventn.com/). It really is a beautiful neighborhood, but I don’t know that I would want to live there… feels a bit like a move set ;-)
December 17th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I have been there. I walked to church and ice cream and the beach and dinner and the bar, cycled to the next town over and the to the grocery store, sat on the porch and watched the children roam and skate and pedal by. Perhaps we are just so jaded by the mediocrity around us every day that when we see something valuable it is “too good to be true”. If Wal-mart is “real” and Seaside is “fake” i’ll take Seaside (or Kentlands or Baldwin Park or Lexington MA or Boston or Brooklyn or any of the hundreds of “new towns” and old neighborhoods that are attractive, walkable and not just vacation getaways). A legitimate criticism is that they tend to be expensive but then all the reason to build more of them.
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:49 am
well, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how’s life? hope it’s introduce branch ;)
March 20th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Was ist das?