Actually, I think the point of the stairs is pretty clear. There aren't a lot of places to sit around there. It's for tourists to sit for a few minutes and look at all the lights.
It's a typical postmodern move in architecture, because they will become an "audience" that the rest of us, walking down the sidewalk (suddenly construed as "performers") will gawk at, wondering, I suppose, who is performing for whom.
Actually, I think the point of the stairs is pretty clear. There aren't a lot of places to sit around there. It's for tourists to sit for a few minutes and look at all the lights.
ReplyDeleteIt's a typical postmodern move in architecture, because they will become an "audience" that the rest of us, walking down the sidewalk (suddenly construed as "performers") will gawk at, wondering, I suppose, who is performing for whom.