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At one point this was the biggest water fountain in the world. Great park
ED: The fountain is considered "the world's largest concrete monument"
Nov 29, 2024
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Feb 15, 2024
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I've returned to this fountain many times since living in nyc. It's right off Grand Army Plaza and features these statues of a man and woman holding a child surrounded by sea-gods and fish and frogs. All the figures are being sprayed with water shooting out seashells at the edge of the fountain. It must be the horniest fountain I've ever seen but also it’s the scariest. For some reason it shakes me to my core in this primordial way that I have rarely experienced with any other sculpture. These 10 foot tall giant figures looking down at me, I feel like they’re gonna come alive. I can hardly look at photographs of the fountain without getting washed over with fear. Especially the laughing portrait of Nereus (I assumed it was Poseidon but wikipedia begs to differ). I recently included the Bailey Fountain in my newest music vid because I felt so much power around this plaza.
Aug 25, 2022
Because what are steel beams, chunks of concrete, an unbelievably massive utility pole, a water treatment facility if not pieces in a sculpture park. My storm king!
(Also technically a rec for Hornsby Bend in Austin TX, technically the city's water treatment area which is interesting in its own right, but also a wonderful destination for birding)
don't even get me started on elevated highways....
May 19, 2025
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Nov 27, 2024
They gotta bring this place back. Or they gotta make it possible to travel back in time to it Peggy Sue style
Dec 8, 2024
The best internet platforms enshittify when they take on VC funding, either exiting to the market or a larger acquisition as a result of the pressures of venture capital.
It’s all downhill from there: Investors and leadership will strip the company for parts, enforce mass layoffs, sabotage the user experience, all in the name of maximizing returns.
What if Perfectly Imperfect took a different route, and exited to its community of users, paid subscribers, and workers? What if PI became a solidarity cooperative, or something similar?
Let’s think about how to safeguard the legacy of this clearly beloved platform.
Nov 29, 2024