Uploads from booksin, tagged modern, with geodata

waves

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:04:24 -0700

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three horizontal lines

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:07:45 -0700

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When I am out shooting it is not unusual for some security guard to come out and ask what I am doing. Today was the first time that I had two police cars pull me over for "suspicious behavior"; that is, taking photographs of buildings. They definitely did not seem convinced that I was not up to some nefarious behavior, and they wound up taking down all sorts of information and even photographing my car. All of this, they said, was part of "keeping everyone safe". I sure feel safe now.

the hotel guest

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:54:40 -0800

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edgy

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 06:50:08 -0800

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slabs

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:34:15 -0800

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glass 3

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:34:44 -0800

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two of twenty

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:44:39 -0800

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A hotel near the Oracle campus.

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:26:23 -0800

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nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:26:39 -0800

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park

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:25:42 -0800

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Bits of the new Terminal B at San Jose Minetta International Airport.

discontiguous 3

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:19:09 -0800

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discontiguous

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:19:53 -0800

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Cathedral of Our Lady of Maytag #2

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:35:37 -0700

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The cathedral was designed by local architects John Michael Lee, Paul A. Ryan and Angus McSweeney, collaborating with internationally known architects Pier Luigi Nervi and Pietro Belluschi — at the time, the Dean of the School of Architecture at MIT. Its saddle roof is composed of segments of hyperbolic paraboloids in a manner reminiscent of St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, which was built earlier in the decade. Due to its resemblance to a large washing machine agitator, the cathedral has been nicknamed "Our Lady of Maytag" or "McGucken's Maytag".

- Wikipedia

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Cathedral of Our Lady of Maytag #1

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:35:36 -0700

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balconies #2.1

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:45:34 -0700

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3 colors #2

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:46:38 -0800

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Part of a wall of an elementary school in San Jose.

battlements

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:06:35 -0800

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This building is so new that it does not show up yet on Google's satellite imagery, but I think it is China Netcom. According to Wikipedia: "China Netcom and its domain cnc-noc.net are noted in the West as a source of e-mail spam and host of spamvertised websites for products such as pills, porn and poker. Research in Norway in 2008 identified cnc-noc.net as "by far the world's worst ISP" and noted that they did not respond to incident reports+.

In any case, it reminded me of a medieval castle with battlements at the top of the curtain wall. It even came complete with the most unpleasant gatekeeper (i.e. rent-a-cop) who was very unhappy with me taking photos of the building. I guess I am going to have to go back again, maybe with a bigger lens and a tripod, just to piss him off.

interruption

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:25:26 -0800

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Bits of the new Terminal B at San Jose Minetta International Airport.

merger

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:25:11 -0800

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Bits of the new Terminal B at San Jose Minetta International Airport.

discontiguous 2

nobody@flickr.com (booksin) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:19:21 -0800

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