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21 January 2011

Urban archaeology

At second glance it looks like the building left standing was interconnected to the one that was demolished ...

4 comments:

  1. I've got quite a collection of these 'ghost buildings' images, my favourite in Greece having a cupboard door that swung to and fro revealing a larder

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  2. Did you see that wondrous piece of Gordon Matta Clark's work in what I think was the very first temporary exhibition at Tate Modern?

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  3. Thanks for the mention of Gordon Matta Clark, Olga - I don't remember the piece at the Tate, and trying to find it online has led to some discoveries!

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  4. It was in the NY room of the Century Cities exhibition:https://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/centurycity/ccnewyork.htm

    Bingo was the piece, as seen here in MOMA: http://www.moma.org/modernteachers/large_image.php?id=218

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