http://www.ballardian.com/the-ballardian-primer-car-parks Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ballardian.com/the-ballardian-primer-car-parks/comment-page-1#comment-1563 Simon Sellars Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:02:58 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/car-parks-the-ballardian-primer#comment-1563 Unfortunately Australia is more Mad Max than Vermilion Sands... Unfortunately Australia is more Mad Max than Vermilion Sands…

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/the-ballardian-primer-car-parks/comment-page-1#comment-1565 Ian Parkinson Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:40:17 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/car-parks-the-ballardian-primer#comment-1565 That was a compliment, by the way Simon. I'd love to live either in Milton Keynes or some nameless Australian suburb built along a thousand miles of beach. That was a compliment, by the way Simon. I’d love to live either in Milton Keynes or some nameless Australian suburb built along a thousand miles of beach.

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/the-ballardian-primer-car-parks/comment-page-1#comment-1564 Ian Parkinson Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:32:04 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/car-parks-the-ballardian-primer#comment-1564 The 'less imagination the better' seems to be the motto for town planners in this country, too. Talking of boring, a quote I like from Ballard goes something like: 'Milton Keynes is the most dangerous place in Britain. You won't be mugged or robbed, but you might have your soul stolen while you're walking down the street ...' I kind of imagine Australia being a sunny Milton Keynes with beautiful beaches. The ‘less imagination the better’ seems to be the motto for town planners in this country, too. Talking of boring, a quote I like from Ballard goes something like: ‘Milton Keynes is the most dangerous place in Britain. You won’t be mugged or robbed, but you might have your soul stolen while you’re walking down the street …’ I kind of imagine Australia being a sunny Milton Keynes with beautiful beaches.

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/the-ballardian-primer-car-parks/comment-page-1#comment-1561 Simon Sellars Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:35:56 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/car-parks-the-ballardian-primer#comment-1561 we have very boring car parks in australia. they don't even have the retro-fascist quality of brutalism, and have less imagination than a caravan site. we have very boring car parks in australia. they don’t even have the retro-fascist quality of brutalism, and have less imagination than a caravan site.

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/the-ballardian-primer-car-parks/comment-page-1#comment-1562 Ian Parkinson Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:31:18 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/car-parks-the-ballardian-primer#comment-1562 The town I live in had its two 1960s concrete multi-storey car parks torn down recently to make way for a new shopping mall. A sad day. The mall has its car park, but red brick walls and tarmac floors seem to be in vogue these days ... which isn't quite mock-tudor and thatched roofs, but neither is it the futurist brutalism of prefabricated concrete. The town I live in had its two 1960s concrete multi-storey car parks torn down recently to make way for a new shopping mall. A sad day. The mall has its car park, but red brick walls and tarmac floors seem to be in vogue these days … which isn’t quite mock-tudor and thatched roofs, but neither is it the futurist brutalism of prefabricated concrete.

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