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▲ 0 r/architecture

Gropius, Pan Am, and Naming Etiquette?

Because I have a background in urban design, I'm inclined to refer to buildings based on what they were called when the architect was commissioned to build them.

This is why I refer to the MetLife building in Manhattan as the "Pan Am Building" to this day, even though Pan Am took its name off in 1992 when it dissolved as an airline company.

For me, an architect like Gropius was far more inspired by an expansive vision of the future, and it just seems wrong to call one of his great works after an insurance company, an industry focused on compensating failures of the past.

I feel pretty strongly about this but I also haven't worked in design in 15 years, so I'm not fresh on naming etiquette like this. What do you think, Pan Am all the way? Or should I dirty Gropius's legacy to avoid sounding eccentric, and just call it the MetLife building?

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u/lowkeysciguy — 1 day ago
▲ 21 r/lactoseintolerant

I made this meme about being lactose intolerant, which only set in a few years ago in my mid-30s. Gotta have some fun with it, yall welcome to steal

(Also, anyone know this character? Found him by Googling "evil milk man." Some video game?)

u/lowkeysciguy — 8 days ago
▲ 1 r/flightradar24

Massive ground delays at NYC airports due to wildfire smoke from Canada

I am sitting in one of planes waiting to takeoff from LGA. Pylote said about 42 minutes ago we'd be delayed 45 minutes. But we've barely moved. Anyone else got more context?

u/lowkeysciguy — 1 month ago
▲ 41 r/Amtrak

Conversing at full volume long into quiet hours is rude!

It's after midnight. Trying to sleep. Everytime I nod off, the couple across the aisle laugh loudly, talk out loud, keep me awake. 😡

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u/lowkeysciguy — 3 months ago
▲ 4 r/Amtrak

What happened to the northbound Crescent 20 between Tuscaloosa & Birmingham on 6/2/26 that delayed it over 6 HOURS?

Saw the time board at another station and this train was supposed to arrive around 2pm but, when i saw it, was delayed past 7. What's up?

u/lowkeysciguy — 3 months ago
▲ 28 r/law+1 crossposts

David Rothkopf lays out the charges to which Trump & Todd Blanche are exposed to after the illegal $1.8 billion slush fund scheme last week (source: DSR Daily May 20 podcast)

Former US Commerce Department official and nationals security council member, David Rothkopf, spells out the specific crimes which Donald Trump and Todd Blanche committed last week, which are not being reported correctly in the media. Source link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TFdMulBK0OyCA2lzHpGrP

u/lowkeysciguy — 3 months ago
▲ 1.3k r/FedEmployees

More context on the State Department firing over 200 career Foreign Service Officers (apparently arbitrarily)

u/lowkeysciguy — 3 months ago
▲ 2.1k r/fuckcars+1 crossposts

What a time to be alive, eh? Celebrating the moments that really matter: New paint for the pool! Never mind those pesky war shenanigans! They're so silly to focus on! Here's a shiny ball to watch! Look at Me! Mr. Trump! I have big cars, too! Whee!

u/PansophicNostradamus — 3 months ago
▲ 1.3k r/FedEmployees+1 crossposts

The American Foreign Service Association shared this on their LinkedIn today. Which is strange because I've also seen posts from the State Department on LinkedIn, with admittedly bizarre imagery, saying they're trying to hire new foreign service officers. (Out with the Constitutionalists, in with the Blood & Soil Radical Christians?)

u/Alissinarr — 4 months ago
▲ 0 r/WNC+1 crossposts

With this week's devastating blow against the Voting Rights Act, which will allow state governments to gerrymander Jim Crow back into existence, it's time to stop pretending the Constitution carries weight any longer. It's time for Appalachian Separatism along bioregional lines.

Like Cascadia in the Pacific Northwest, it's time for Southern Appalachia, starting with Western North Carolina, to secede from our state capitals and establish ourselves as newly sovereign subnational entities.

My ancestor helped establish the State of Franklin as the 14th State after the Revolutionary War. It existed for four proud years before rejoining North Carolina. But after numerous disasters, not least of which was Hurricane Helene, after which we saw Raleigh functionally wash their hands of us, this week's catastrophic SCOTUS ruling is the last straw.

It's time for Appalachia to become its own self-governing polity, in line with ecology and workers' dignity.

References:
https://cascadiabioregion.org/bioregionalism-core-principles

Bioregioning is our future: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-08-27/bioregioning-is-our-future/

Bioregioning - The defining practice of regenerative cultures: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-09-25/bioregioning-the-defining-practice-of-regenerative-cultures/

u/lowkeysciguy — 4 months ago