Tag Archives: Seattle World`s Fair

bubble-a-tors and cultural heir-i-tage

by Art Chantry: celebrating the 50th anniversary of the seattle work’s fair – and also celebrating the sensitive way that seattle preserves it’s cultural heritage…. if any of you remember the infamous “ball and chain” that was attached to the … Continue reading

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energized by old world sleaze

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) today it was announced that the last great old-school “guvner of this here warshington state” passed away at the ripe ripe ripe old age of 101! albert d. rosellini was governor of our state from … Continue reading

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thinking stupid: what made america great

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) this is a page form an old promotional advertising coloring book (“you, know! for the kids!”) created to promote washington state to tourists. it’s from before the seattle world’s fair (1962) so, it goes … Continue reading

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roadside architecture: sweeping out the old twerps

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i say – “fuck frank gehry and philip johnson and rem khoolhaus, etc. etc. ad naseum.” i say those guys are total ass clowns wasting everybody’s time and dime on their masturbatory fantasies of power. … Continue reading

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the atomic car : a muddy levy and a future gone bad

We go a little back in time and a little forward as well. Looking at car design. Reminds me a bit of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. But Art Chantry breaks it all down: Art Chantry: The ‘dream car’ … Continue reading

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