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San Francisco Bay Area residents need not answer, since everyone here knows what and where this is. Folks who are into movies might recognize this location from many feature movies.
Where did I go this Sunday?
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Never been to San Fran. Give me a hint.
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It's not in San Francisco. The building was designed by a very famous American architect.
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Come on, folks, who's an American architect of world fame? Maybe this helps:
Well IM Pei in an architect of world stature, but from what i remember of his works, it is so "not him"
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simple_gifts called it!
The Civic Center was prominently featured in George Lucas's 1971 movie 'THX1138' and the 1997 movie 'Gattica.'
The Civic Center was prominently featured in George Lucas's 1971 movie 'THX1138' and the 1997 movie 'Gattica.'
Apparently one can prominently feature a building in a film that is not prominent.
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THX 1138 is a classic.
Not exactly prairie style, is it?
Generally avoided Marin County due to the infestation of politically correct urban vermin who I could not interact with due to the incompatabilities betwixt their immense wimpiness and I, the Coot, the blue collar scholar who gags when confronted with political correctness.
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Not exactly!
The building is built across three hills, which have been terraced to a large degree. A cool breeze can be found almost always, even on the hottest summer day. The Marin Civic Center is the only public building designed by Frank Llyod Wright. The building was finished in 1959, I believe.
If you watch Star Wars, you will quickly realize that much of the archtitecture on Naboo, Padme's home planet, is inspired by the Wright's Civic Center design.
The Dharma Initiative?
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Funny you should say that. A few hundred yards away from the Civic Center is the Marin County jail. It's built into a hill and looks like a bunker. It even may have a hatch!
Marin County jail
http://www.subsurfacebuildings.com/RecessedIdentity.html
Marin County jail
http://www.subsurfacebuildings.com/RecessedIdentity.html
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