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American Bandstand
Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 13 November 2008 in Architecture and Portfolio.
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Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia
excellent Grant. American archtecture is so fascinating. this looks like a set backdrop for "The Jetsons"
13 Nov 2008 5:38am
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Wow Grant, this is really so cool and retro...what a find. I love how a building like this, so futurist, is also so vintage at the same time. I really like the angles you have captured. Excellent.
13 Nov 2008 5:42am
cat from Tel Aviv, Israel
It looks like the mother ship has landed! What a great and fun building :) It reminds me somehow of the Atomium (I think that's what it's called) in Belgium.
13 Nov 2008 6:43am
@cat: i just googled the atomium - what a cool looking place. this place is a bit more modest (in fact it's closed), but does have the feel of the same era.
Zygene from morlaix, France
Des couleurs qui donnent une atmosphère des années 50/60, j’aime beaucoup.
13 Nov 2008 6:53am
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
I thought it might be an old theatre at first. I've never seen a structure like this. Is it for real the American Bandstand? Amazing structure and so well captured.
13 Nov 2008 7:04am
@sherri: thanks sherri. no, this was just a restaurant/bar. the full name of it was 'dick clark's american bandstand,' though, so he may have had something to do with it.
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Incredible structure and a nice angle you have chosen..... WHY.... do they always look like scenes from a 50's movie ? Stunning work.
13 Nov 2008 7:26am
Reiner from Brensbach, Germany
This seems somehow known to me. Very futuristic as well as abandoned place at the same time. Well spotted and executed, great image.
13 Nov 2008 8:41am
rhys from United Kingdom
took me a while to realise that the structure on top was a stack of records! Great shot, reminiscent of 'Happy Days'.
13 Nov 2008 11:59am
daina from New York, United States
Is this for real? Oh my! It is an amazing photo of an amazing bit of kitsch architecture. The image is beautiful and beautifully done, as well as somewhat startling.
13 Nov 2008 2:09pm
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
looks like a stack of 45's with a lot of frosting. best...jerry
13 Nov 2008 2:33pm
david from london, United Kingdom
i love the building...what on earth is it though?
13 Nov 2008 3:14pm
@david: restaurant/bar
don from spokane, United States
What a neat building to spot and shoot. I like the curves and the novelty of this image very much. Fine B&W work.
13 Nov 2008 4:05pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
First thing I thought too was the Jetsons because of that big rod sticking out. Nicely done Grant.
13 Nov 2008 5:24pm
angie from United States
how cool with those stacked records!
too bad about that van, though.
13 Nov 2008 10:52pm
@angie: i drove by for days - it never moved ;-(
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
What a totally cool building! Nothing like the square, solid blocks of white we have seen in the past. Fun shot, but still with your sensitivity to light and shadow.
14 Nov 2008 12:09am
Polydactyle from Montréal, Canada
beautiful retro spot! A architecture specimen.
14 Nov 2008 12:55am
JJ from Jersey City, United States
love this shot so much, looks like an old time diner love the rooftop design like records so so so cool and so brilliantly captured
14 Nov 2008 1:06am
lisa v from Gawler, Australia
I've never seen anything like this before, a fascinating building, hope they never tear this down.
14 Nov 2008 1:27am
@lisa v: interesting you should say that - it's gone, just recently bulldozed.
Bill from Belton, United States
It is a really cool building. I'm wondering if this might have been an early chain or franchise operation. It seems to me I have seen basically this same structure somewhere else in my wanderings. In any event, it is a great image!
14 Nov 2008 4:31am
@Bill: thanks bill (ans google tells me you're right).
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
The angle you picked increases the weirdness --which is helped along by the absence of the sign along the top of the building.
14 Nov 2008 5:38pm
lisa v from Gawler, Australia
Aargh!! no! how awful :( just as well you took this photo then.
15 Nov 2008 1:16am
Teresa from Mountain View, United States
Looks like the roof is opening up and something is going to come out OR it looks like a record is being dropped on a stack of records. Either way it's pretty cool.
17 Nov 2008 4:36am
