Talk:Archway Tower
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[edit] 'Brutalist'
- for [User:Echosmoke]: I'm no lover of Archway tower, but 'Brutalist' is incorrect. The latter commonly refers to buildings cast in raw concrete, which Archway tower isn't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.214.123 (talk) 22:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] loved? unloved?
Is the Archway tower really 'revered' by local residents? Shouldn't this say 'reviled' or 'unloved'? I seem to recall an opinion survey of residents being commissioned by Islington Council - perhaps the results are available somewhere and can be quoted? Robjac-uk 14:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed - I'm not sure it's really a classic piece of architecture either. Shall we change it to unloved? --Corington 17:22, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- defnitely unloved; http://knowhere.co.uk/3534_goodbad.html ;-)
[edit] NMA
Im too lazy to properly ref my addition; its based on the above link and an interview with Justin Sullivan (the singer of NMA) in House of Dolls Fanzine, 1989;
"A purpose built Social Security building off the Holloway Road in London. There are no doors between the 'clients' who have to go there and those who work there. The employees are escorted in by a security firm. The counter windows are made of bulletproof glass. The staff are under instructions to be as rude as possible. The place is the closest I've seen to a nightmare in real life. That to me represents an aspect of what England's becoming."
It was pretty definitely used for soc. sec., but since i have no hard evidence at hand i added "supposedly". feel free to change --Echosmoke (talk) 09:39, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
