Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Not Fooling Anybody: a chronicle of bad conversions and storefronts past

This website is pretty funny.  "It is not without the bitter taste of self-awareness, specifically about the overwhelmingly crass and commercial (and, indeed, downtrodden and dreary, bleakly suburban, and economically grim) nature of the content of this site, that we at NFA embark on our quest to document bad conversions. That said, it is perhaps best that we look at this phenomenon as a delightful yet sad part of our culture's clattering landscape: it is an amusing diversion, it is an economic gestalt, it is a crime of design, it is a confusion to the would-be consumer. Let us rejoice in bad conversions and seek to amuse ourselves with them wherever possible, taking utmost pains to observe the careful, hopeless touches of their renovation and their indelible flourishes of nonsense on our landscape. Embrace blight! We have no other hope."
Image of Thai Town Express.

BUSINESS:
Thai Town Express
LOCATION:
Hollywood Blvd. and Western,
Los Angeles, California

USED TO BE A:
Red's Hot Dogs
CREATIVE INTERPRETATION:
Nothing quite says Thai cuisine like a huge fiberglass hot dog with onions! (P.S. Dear Thai Town: please never take that hot dog down!)
PHOTO:
Shannon Hoff




It is funny how many of these building conversions seem familiar to me.  It seems like people could be a little more creative.  If you would like to visit this website, please click on the NFA link below.
NFA Link

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