tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post5999278566180513871..comments2024-01-13T18:55:52.789-05:00Comments on Intangible Arts: Halls of opulent butterscotch vomitIntangibleArtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07277140324522000385noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-50244759188106538352008-06-22T22:09:00.000-04:002008-06-22T22:09:00.000-04:00my that top picture's perspective is amazing ....o...my that top picture's perspective is amazing ....<BR/><BR/>oh yeah, and give me the grit....much more interesting!mouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-58779950329575257242008-06-21T14:39:00.000-04:002008-06-21T14:39:00.000-04:00Shiny = Scary.....guess im a gritty soul...and wel...Shiny = Scary.....guess im a gritty soul...<BR/>and well yeah theres the whole awakening thing that i cant quite give to them either... in my heart..it will always belong on haines point....<BR/>xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-20718421492742145652008-06-20T13:42:00.000-04:002008-06-20T13:42:00.000-04:00amazing butterscotch shinynessand as for instant-m...amazing butterscotch shinyness<BR/><BR/>and as for instant-manufactured towns, we do awesomely badly at those over here.... Thamesmead, Milton Keynes....<BR/><BR/>and, also, Go Mice!!lettucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872380339261609060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-75109236984539300212008-06-19T18:19:00.000-04:002008-06-19T18:19:00.000-04:00Stepford Wives! EXACTLY!I'll happily opt to become...Stepford Wives! EXACTLY!<BR/><BR/>I'll happily opt to become carbon-stained cockroach kibble, thank you very much.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-14287989380031653452008-06-19T10:42:00.000-04:002008-06-19T10:42:00.000-04:00The Awakening, being on Haine's Point, was the res...The Awakening, being on Haine's Point, was the responsibility of the National Park Service, not DC. The sculptor had long wanted to sell it to Park Service, but they are so underfunded they couldn't budget for it. In fact NPS asked the sculptor to come a get it, as they were tired a paying for its repair (it was hit by racing cars back in the days when Haine's Point was open all night, and flooding in 1996 eroded and damaged its base - the picture of the Man reaching up from the swirling water when the entire Haines Point was under water was fantastic) The new location at National Harbor is cramped and poor scale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-57793417978193225902008-06-19T10:09:00.000-04:002008-06-19T10:09:00.000-04:00@mr-t-in-dc : This project has been in various sta...@mr-t-in-dc : This project has been in various stages of construction for years. Given the county's two-decade-long whine for more upscale development from large retailers and chains, you'd think that a high-profile upscale development like National Harbor would have been given more transportation options from the county and state. All the water taxi service connects Virginia and Georgetown. They had the time to put in a light rail option to one of the nearby Green Line stations.Telecomedianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406523817023350788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-80198033685820528612008-06-19T09:38:00.001-04:002008-06-19T09:38:00.001-04:00Reston Town Center looks more like Downtown Babylo...Reston Town Center looks more like Downtown Babylon. <BR/><BR/>Put a bubble over National Harbor and you've got a typical sci-fi moonbase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-53640787222832213472008-06-19T09:38:00.000-04:002008-06-19T09:38:00.000-04:00Transit Anon: I stand corrected! While the facilit...Transit Anon: I stand corrected! While the facility is off the Metro-beaten track, it is indeed accessible by bus: Route NH1, infact, appears to run every half hour. Last one on weekends leaves the Nat'l Harbor complex just before 10pm. <BR/><BR/>So keep that in mind and make it an early night, folks, when you're out schmoozing and licking the Kiwi off the shoes of visiting dignitaries while they feast off plates of caviar precariously balanced on your peon heads!IntangibleArtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277140324522000385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-80946760441528320922008-06-19T09:23:00.000-04:002008-06-19T09:23:00.000-04:00They didn't 'steal' the Awakening from DC. It was ...They didn't 'steal' the Awakening from DC. It was on loan by the Artist. National Harbor was willing to purchase it from the artist. DC wasn't.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466476183653646059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-15688906529040179122008-06-19T09:21:00.000-04:002008-06-19T09:21:00.000-04:00How can you say no public transit is available? Th...How can you say no public transit is available? There are metro busses that serve National Harbor, as well as water taxi service from Old Town, Georgetown and National Airport. You should get out of your car sometime and look around you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-4232075147101265362008-06-18T21:26:00.000-04:002008-06-18T21:26:00.000-04:00Flashbacking Anon: There was no skinny-dipping dur...Flashbacking Anon: There was no skinny-dipping during my visit (dammit!), as there was a killer storm brewing that night. I'd love to see that site as it existed before all the construction, though...<BR/><BR/>ssfrance74: Remember,those comments came with a disclaimer, re: personal taste. Only bashing Kentlands as a symbol, but it definitely qualifies as an manufactured town-center project, like a smaller version of that vortex of evil in Florida (Ave Maria). For a place to grow old gracefully, I prefer the organic growth of classic cities. But everybody's got their bag, eh?<BR/><BR/>Anon no.2: Who, me? I may be gung-ho DC but I'm PG-county youth, man: a product of LAUREL, baby, I grew up on the spilled blood of George Wallace! Whoo!<BR/><BR/>Mr.T: Yeh, I saw one hand of The Awakening peeking over the road as we drove in, and it made me cringe, slightly. I miss the old man...IntangibleArtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277140324522000385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-54443259853362299752008-06-18T21:00:00.000-04:002008-06-18T21:00:00.000-04:00And don't forget, they stole The Awakening from DC...And don't forget, they stole The Awakening from DC, and just as a result of that I'll never spend a dime there. Too bad all that development couldn't have been channeled towards more transit accessible locations in PG County. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-461568394430419402008-06-18T20:14:00.000-04:002008-06-18T20:14:00.000-04:00someone obviously doesn't have any love for pg cou...someone obviously doesn't have any love for pg county....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-67070608413925118292008-06-18T19:35:00.000-04:002008-06-18T19:35:00.000-04:00As a sixteen-year resident of Kentlands, and the f...As a sixteen-year resident of Kentlands, and the father of two teenage sons who know no other community as their home, I take great exception to your representation of our beloved community. While we certainly have our share of boiling evil and horrific violations like any other neighborhood on the face of the earth, the very idea that EVERY Smiling face and EVERY welcome mat hides all these nightmares is at best, uncharitable, and at worse, extremely unkind. I can assure you that the deep friendships and bonds that we all have established within our community over nearly two decades are real and nourishing, and our lives are extraordinarily richer for them.ssfrance74https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771498260640096956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-33461161482443081472008-06-18T11:46:00.000-04:002008-06-18T11:46:00.000-04:00Great commentary, sadness for the brutal consumpti...Great commentary, sadness for the brutal consumption. Flashback to summer 1996 - skinny dipping off a friend's boat in Smoot Cove as that tree-lined body of water used to be called. Other boats stayed away due to the treacherous bud bar invisibly blocking it from the main channel but close use of the chart could get you there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-5921226761857425672008-06-18T10:12:00.000-04:002008-06-18T10:12:00.000-04:00dunno about all of THAT, but I will admit to dinin...dunno about all of THAT, but I will admit to dining there (crabcake dinner) and detected no mice, norovirus, or death. So things are looking up for the compound...IntangibleArtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277140324522000385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13982078.post-20140760642756826252008-06-18T10:06:00.000-04:002008-06-18T10:06:00.000-04:00Ye gods you make me laugh!! I am so glad you're no...Ye gods you make me laugh!! I am so glad you're not shy to state your opinions!! And your writing is GRAND!!!<BR/><BR/>And I'm not just saying that 'cuz yer ma hubby....wordwitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089807003206629872noreply@blogger.com