I think any parent of a modern adolescent finds those pictures of child laborers in the early 20th century intriguing horrifying. Just horrifying. Yet, we marvel at what a 12-year-old could do if he had to. He could walk 8 blocks. He could stay off the couch most of the day. He could work a [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Children who work
Posted in Art, Modest or alternative living, Neighborhoods, tagged Andersonville, child labor, children in fort collins, colonias, historic fort collins, Lewis Wickes Hines, Rockwood Place school, sugar beets, Vine street on September 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Quonset Hunt
Posted in Quonset hut, Vernacular buildings, tagged historic fort collins, Q-hut, Quonset hut houses, vintage quonset hut on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lost Fort Collins was just supposed to be a blog about vanishing historic Fort Collins. Yet, the Quonset huts keep coming up. If you’re interested in Q-huts, you know they’re ubiquitous. So, what makes one even worth driving to see? Well, Norm and I have spent a significant amount of time in front of the [...]
Googie Fort Collins
Posted in Vernacular buildings, Vintage commercial, tagged architecture, fort collins, googie on September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fort Collins is kind of uncool. I don’t mean like bitter, mean, no fun uncool. I mean like we don’t have any cool googie architecture –that 50s/60s atomic boomerang look. We have a little bit, and we used to have a little bit more: But we don’t have any googie in all the places you would [...]
Art I would NOT like to see relocated
Posted in Art, tagged swetsville zoo, timnath, walmart on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love the Swetsville zoo and everything it stands for. Mr. Swets deserves all the recognition in the world. And I hope the city’s “lease” plan makes a good contribution to his retirement. But most of all, I hope this (from today’s Coloradoan) works out well. It makes me a little nervous. The widening of [...]
Dying art
Posted in Art, Municipal, tagged Art, art in public places, City Hall, Dance formation, fort collins, Martinez Park, Northern Hotel, richard scorpio, sculpture on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 1984, Fort Collins paid local artist, Richard Scorpio, $2000 to transform a dead tree in front of City Hall into a contemporary statue. Dance formation was here to “demonstrate the concept of art in public places.” Ceremonies followed. 20 years later, however, the piece moved into a patch of weeds at Martinez Park. I don’t think there was [...]
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