The Back of Brutal

 

In the same box of slides as Tuesday's brital architecture building was this slide...and it looks like a different view of the same location.

And, that mountain profile looks familiar.

So, with a little digging, I'm convinced that this is The Loews Hotel in Tucson, Arizone.

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Brutal?

 

At first view, I was unsure where this was just Brutalist Architecture, or a bombed-out ruin of an Israel/Palestinian conflict.

Google ASI says "This building appears to be part of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev campus in Beersheba, Israel, or potentially the Asian Games Village in New Delhi, India. The Brutalist architectural style, characterized by its use of textured concrete blocks and geometric forms, is a common feature in both locations, especially within academic and large residential complexes designed to suit desert climates."

To me, it looks like something in South West of USA, so ...who knows?

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The Power of the Sea.

 

I was going to entitle this American Sea Power.... but that might have attracted the US Navy nutters.

Bonus - Yes, more

Decisions

Explained

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Beach-Lounging Time

 

As promised, time to move on from the Christmas / New Year / Winter slides.

So, here's someone sunbathing on a beach.

The slide has no info on the location, but that appears to be TARPON SPRINGS FLORIDA: SPONGE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. The remains of the collapsed Battery Bigelow

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That Forced Smile

 

Who knows the true emotions behind a forced smile?

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The Alps, as seen from The Pyrenees

Source

Bonus 2 - Profound

Autumnal Colours

 

Or Fall Colors, if you're an uncouth American.

A lovely scene.

Bonus - Quite True

Secret Code

Where in the world? Number 414

 

Once again, a slide with no information, and I've a hankering to try and track down the location.

And I succeeded.  Well, I am a genius.

So, to share the fun, do you think it is

A. Local Government Building, Aukland, New Zealand,  or

B. College of Design and Architecture, Budapest, Hungary or

C. Canadian Defense Forces HQ, Quebec, Canada, or

D. Oregon State Capitol Building, Salem, Oregon, USA.

Answer.   Streetview   Nice water feature.

Bonus - Thirty Years Ago today, Concrete and Fire: The crash of El Al flight 1862

Blooming Marvelous

 

Mimi and Hilda, enjoying a day at the East Oakwood Municipal Slaughterhouse and Pleasure Gardens. Can you guess which of them was a nude model for Alberto Vargas?

Bonus - In 1985 a Serbian farmer stuck a beer bottle up his ass, broadside first. This sparked a chain of events that eventually lead to the collapse of Yugoslavia.

On the Cruise Ship Veracruz

 

A slightly unusual view from the S.S.Veracruz, with a lucky (?) couple being serenades by Trumpet, Trombone and Drums.  Lovely.

The S.S. Veracruz, was one of two ship of the Bahama Star Cruise Line.

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