http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/11/30/ye-olde-pop-up-the-plane-pub-pub/ The Heuristic Journal for Gonzo Blurbanism Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:18 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/11/30/ye-olde-pop-up-the-plane-pub-pub/comment-page-1/#comment-11599 L.N. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:29:14 +0000 http://www.slab-mag.com/?p=2497#comment-11599 I think it would have been cooler if they'd actually built an entire perfect replica of a run-down stale beer and piss-smelling British pub out of brick and mortar and then built the airport around it afterwards, preserving the pub's structure like with that restaurant at Potsdamer Platz. Then you could have had a moment as you are going through the airport and find yourself in a pub, of going "oh, that's interesting, I guess they had to preserve the pub for historical reasons"; but then a second moment of going "hey wait a minute..." I think it would have been cooler if they’d actually built an entire perfect replica of a run-down stale beer and piss-smelling British pub out of brick and mortar and then built the airport around it afterwards, preserving the pub’s structure like with that restaurant at Potsdamer Platz. Then you could have had a moment as you are going through the airport and find yourself in a pub, of going “oh, that’s interesting, I guess they had to preserve the pub for historical reasons”; but then a second moment of going “hey wait a minute…”

]]> http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/11/30/ye-olde-pop-up-the-plane-pub-pub/comment-page-1/#comment-9555 D.S. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:24:02 +0000 http://www.slab-mag.com/?p=2497#comment-9555 The old retail trick of painting the ceiling black would have helped as well, as an economic solution. Then again, seems to me the whole assemblage speaks of an attitude that you describe, that it will all be gone when bbi opens anyway. The old retail trick of painting the ceiling black would have helped as well, as an economic solution. Then again, seems to me the whole assemblage speaks of an attitude that you describe, that it will all be gone when bbi opens anyway.

]]> http://www.slab-mag.com/2009/11/30/ye-olde-pop-up-the-plane-pub-pub/comment-page-1/#comment-9553 O.M. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:53:08 +0000 http://www.slab-mag.com/?p=2497#comment-9553 They could have gone a bit further as far as the ceiling's concerned, but the overhead continuation of the deckplate and banks of fluorescent tubes function as a reassuring cue that I'm actually still in a building made almost entirely of prefabricated components which is gonna be razed in couple of short years, ye olde pub and all. Still, think how cool it would have looked if the stark differentiation of the floor's contrasting surfaces had been mirrored on the ceiling. They could have gone a bit further as far as the ceiling’s concerned, but the overhead continuation of the deckplate and banks of fluorescent tubes function as a reassuring cue that I’m actually still in a building made almost entirely of prefabricated components which is gonna be razed in couple of short years, ye olde pub and all. Still, think how cool it would have looked if the stark differentiation of the floor’s contrasting surfaces had been mirrored on the ceiling.

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