Comments on: Hard Rock Cafe opens for business in Seattle http://www.genestout.com/index.php/hard-rock-cafe-opens-for-business-in-seattle-rock-roll-and-remember/ Pop Music Critic Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:30:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: genestout http://www.genestout.com/index.php/hard-rock-cafe-opens-for-business-in-seattle-rock-roll-and-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-3796 genestout Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:10:48 +0000 http://www.genestout.com/index.php/?p=5001#comment-3796 Interesting comment. Would any other architecturally minded readers care to weigh in? Thanks, Gene Interesting comment. Would any other architecturally minded readers care to weigh in? Thanks, Gene

]]> By: Daniel K http://www.genestout.com/index.php/hard-rock-cafe-opens-for-business-in-seattle-rock-roll-and-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-3795 Daniel K Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:46:20 +0000 http://www.genestout.com/index.php/?p=5001#comment-3795 I'm scratching my head over the facade of the building. They gutted the existing structure and maintained the shell and most of the external elements, but the wide gray metallic band that splits the two levels is just plain ugly and uninspired, almost as if it was a late concession to a need to trim the construction budget (note: construction did seem to take forever). It is almost like, if they're going to do that why bother keeping the rest of the original facade? I’m scratching my head over the facade of the building.

They gutted the existing structure and maintained the shell and most of the external elements, but the wide gray metallic band that splits the two levels is just plain ugly and uninspired, almost as if it was a late concession to a need to trim the construction budget (note: construction did seem to take forever).

It is almost like, if they’re going to do that why bother keeping the rest of the original facade?

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