Disney’s RiverCountry Rotting in Fittingly Ballardian Way

In 1976, RiverCountry opened up at Walt Disney World in Florida.  By 2001, it had closed.  Now, it stands–rotting and decrepit in a manner that J.G. Ballard would have approved of.  These photos come from an excellent thread about River Country on Dis Boards. It was just a waterpark, although one of the first generation… Continue reading Disney’s RiverCountry Rotting in Fittingly Ballardian Way

Spite House: Is This For Real?

I have heard of spite fences.  I have heard of architectural holdouts.  But spite houses are a new thing to me. Spite fences are built by people who want to “spite” their neighbor, building a fence that often blocks the view of the unoffending neighbor or otherwise is designed to irritate him or her. Here… Continue reading Spite House: Is This For Real?

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The Almighty Helvetica

We see this everywhere at some point towards the latter half of the 1960s.  Helvetica font runs rampant.  It’s everywhere:  in the LIFE copy, in the ads.  It permeates other publications, as well, but rarely as much as in LIFE. Not only that, but lower case.  It’s more of that faux humility.  Helvetica is a… Continue reading The Almighty Helvetica

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