Off to open houses

It's Tuesday morning, so it's time to spend some gas and see what's new today (not much and, despite gasoline dropping to $4.19 a gallon in Cos Cob, it remains a commodity I am increasingly reluctant to consume, so I'm picky about what I see). One listing that caught my eye is five acres on Wooddale, off of Lake: 5 acres in a 2 acre zone, with a 1952 contemporary by Minoru Yamasaki. I understand that the guy designed the Twin Towers which, despite their tragic ending, remain one of my least favorite examples of modern architecture.

In fact, this fellow seems to sum up much of what I don't like about the past century's architecture. According to Wikipedia,

His first significant project was the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis, Missouri, 1955. Despite his love of Japanese traditional design, this was a stark, modernist concrete structure. The housing project experienced so many problems that it was demolished in 1972, less than twenty years after its completion. Its destruction is considered by some to be the beginning of postmodern architecture.

I can't say I'm any more enthusiastic about postmodernism (you suspected that from my politics, didn't you?) but tearing down malfunctioning ugly buildings certainly has my support.

Update: Here's more on the Pruitt-Igoe housing project.
And photos here.

Update: It's actually a very nice modern house, 1950's style. Lots of glass providing great views of the surrounding lawns and woods, a simple layout and a very quiet, understated place, all in all. Of course, it will never survive the wrecker's ball, so I'm glad I had a chance to see it before it's scraped into a dumpster.