Skates and Prayers
A couple interesting, though unrelated, items I found through We Make $ not Art:
The Anatomy of Megachurches
Slate's Witold Rybczynski is far too kind on this American phenomenon, or at least its arena incarnation (above).
Skateable furniture seems like a much better solution than this.
Great idea! (the skatable furniture, not the mega-churches).
ReplyDeleteJust so long as I don't get up with an ass full of wax.
I have been thinking about the church phenom. Not on the extent of MEGA, but more along the lines of CHEAP!
ReplyDeleteHow much damage does a wood skateboard actually do to a metal rail or concrete bench and wall? I like skaters, even though I never was one. They are leaders in urban development of public spaces. Once a skate board park goes in, others follow. Think about it?
It's not the wood part of a skateboard (if that's what decks are made of these days) that does the damage, it's the steel trucks scraping along surfaces. They probably chip away at concrete and stone, and remove the finish off of metals. All over Chicago, those clips are popping up on planters, benches, etc. Coupled with anti-homeless spikes and the like, it's apparent the "band-aid" solution to these albeit far different problems is more popular than ever.
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