tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post2394043959555550701..comments2009-11-09T09:54:37.249+10:00the foto fanatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234840691455844914thefotofanatic.thefotofanatic@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post-64111587713692059332009-11-09T09:16:57.549+10:002009-11-09T09:16:57.549+10:00My friends and I &#39;grew up&#39; at the one-and-only Cloudland... 1978-1982/3 or thereabouts.<br />Student nurses living in-residence at the nearby Royal Brisbane Hospital, we saw every live band who performed there... in particular I remember Split Enz in their earliest days, all made up; Cold Chisel when Jimmy Barnes was young and wild and crazy; the Angels... the sprung dance-floor was quite an experience with hundreds of us dancing en masse!<br />Socio-politically, those were unfortunate times with all that political corruption, and trashy glitzy, greedy &#39;progress&#39;.margihealinghttp://margihealing.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692293119297339822.post-74241353983478568102009-11-06T13:01:15.977+10:002009-11-06T13:01:15.977+10:00Your timing is perfect. I was discussing the vandalism involved in destroying the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago this month. The article was called Gropius&#39; Chicago Legacy Lost because it wasn&#39;t just the beauty of the architecture; rather its part in architectural history was critically important.<br /> <br />In the response to American readers who were incensed by American vandalism, I wrote about the destruction of Cloudland in Brisbane. See http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2009/10/walter-gropius-legacy-destroyed.htmlHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com