{"id":10566,"date":"2016-12-15T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antondee.com\/archive\/?p=10566"},"modified":"2017-02-16T17:25:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T17:25:49","slug":"london-architecture-tour-photography-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antondee.com\/archive\/london-architecture-tour-photography-2","title":{"rendered":"London Architecture Tour 2 \/\/ Journal 83"},"content":{"rendered":"

London is a truly exquisite city and for all the trials and tribulations it’s given me I feel compelled to continue paying homage to\u00a0it. If you’ve seen the Jim Carey movie ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ you may have considered the possibility of erasing painful memories from your past in order to move on. The paradox however is that without those experiences however sweet or painful, one cannot grow as a person and learn\u00a0any lasting\u00a0lessons. I wrote a little poem during my trip to Coimbra<\/a> in which I say ‘the ups and downs they must exist for you to feel as one’. This was inspired by the painter Bob Ross who said “Gotta have opposites dark and light, light and dark in painting. It\u2019s like in life. Gotta have a little sadness once in a while so you know when the good times come<\/em>.” I feel its all a matter of perspective. So many areas of London I took for granted and with each return visit I fall in love with them more and more. Here are some of those hidden gems:<\/p>\n

PART 1<\/a> \/\/ PART 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There has always been a connection between power and architecture. Dictators such as Saddam Hussein and Adolf Hitler built structures (see the Republic Palace and\u00a0Reich Chancellery) to define their regimes and serve as a physical footnote of their\u00a0legacy. During my trip to Rome this time last year I visited EUR<\/a>, a lesser known district just outside the capital. The use of white marble in EUR is a clear symbol of racism of the fascist so no wonder it was chosen by Mussolini\u00a0as the site for the 1942 world’s fair.<\/p>\n