More Blind Windows

(See Blind Windows 1/20/2009)

Frequently a device used to balance other facade enriching elements, Blind Windows assume many forms.

After the second World War, efforts at facade animation, became more abstract, the details less intrinsic.




Comical trompe l' oeil. Reminiscent of the 'Occupied Look' programs of those cities hardest hit by foreclosure and abandonment. Plywood seals over the means of egress are 'dressed' to resemble functioning doors and windows, sometimes even with flower boxes and cheery looking occupants.

New construction on Wilton.