Our next generation of architects are out in force, designing the cupolas atop strip retail centers. I wonder...do you think the guy who designed this corner tower spent days trying to decide if three windows look better than four and four lights look better than three? Racked his brain trying to get the cornice design just right?
When I took this photo the superWalMart next to this cell phone store hadn't yet opened, and there weren't yet consumers consuming consumables. I'd almost be afraid to go near it today, on a Saturday with every south Sacramentan and his brother shopping at the new superWalMart to Save Money...to Live Better. I certainly would not be able to stand in the street to take pictures of the shitty state of American architecture, that's for sure. I would be honked at, told to "get out of the way, cars are tryin' to drive around here for Christ's sake!"
The round fountain is also a fantastic addition. Several decades from now our grandchildren's children will photograph themselves around it as they stand in reverence towards those great forward thinking builders at the turn of the century. The Trevi of Sacramento, it's been dubbed.
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