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[rm]

via genders via rosefox:

http://www.spirit-of-the-age.co.uk/jazz_age_garden_party.htm

Oh, if only ....
I need to win the lottery right now.

Because it didn't totally fill me with longing/break my heart until this:

http://www.spirit-of-the-age.co.uk/garden_party_image_gallery1.htm

I can feel what it would be like to climb up into that, _dammit_.

Britain makes me sad; it seems to have so many more mostly lost worlds than we do.

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[weirdquark]

It's just easier to have a strong sense of history when you are surrounded by so much of it on a daily basis. Something has to exist for over 200 years to even be considered somewhat "old".

When I was in Italy last year I went to San Clemente, which is a 12th century basilica built on top of a 4th century basilica (with a few 9th century mosaics) built on top of a second century Mithraic temple built on top of a god knows how old sacred spring. The top layer had renovations done in various architectural styles over the years, with the most recent one being a 1719 facade and ceiling. Which clash go delightfully with the medieval mosaics and the classical columns they brought in from (several different) Roman temples.

So you have this building, where the newest bits are still older than most of the history of the US. This gives one an interesting sense of perspective.

Not to mention a one-stop look at architecture through the ages. ::g::