So much awesome here! Let's not forget the late 80's gave us the best of Siouxsie and the Banshees, as well as The The and The Sisters of Mercy. And METALLICA, which must have inspired Koolhaas' Library, right??? "Enter right; Please talk light! Show your card. Then check out your books for now...." We totally shoulda been bros, bro.....!!!...

Yet another great ACX! Undoubtedly, the most important and influential cultural phenomenon coming out of Seattle would be CHAZ - when the western civilization will have collapsed, we shall all look back proudly and know where it all began. Putting that aside, great episode about a great building with a nice wider cultural references - it is not common for me to come across a figure with whom I share so many similarities and so many opinions. Your reference to Smells Like… made me think that just as Cobain’s voice is re-recorded and echoed several times in the song’s chorus, to bring it to a powerful climax, so could one see the repetition of the same architectural shtick in the library, which brings the entire building to an architectural peak. Side note: it is very upsetting to find out two great buildings, each for its own time, were torn down to make room for a predecessor. People never learn… don’t they…?