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Sweet, Sweet Knowledge 
Friday, September 15, 2006

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Rarely has such a vision of ethereal beauty—nay, transcendent brilliance—come over our transom in such a thorough, considerate, and thoroughly considerate manner as the above image wended its way our way, this most fine of mornings. With, bien sur, a touch of explication:

In case you missed it in the February 1989 issue of National Geographic-- David Childs after the fall, apparently eating from the tree of knowledge...which he promptly cut down and made a bench out of.

Would you trust this man to design your wtc?

A-ha. A-ha-ha. A-ha ha-ha ha-ha ha. Full stop.


Posted in Dinosaurs

Reader Comments (41 extant)

1.

this is all you have for us? this site has really gone downhill.

By toaster at September 15, 2006 11:26 AM

2.

I actually have that edition stashed away somewhere. If my memory serves me correctly, there is also a picture of Helmut Jahn wearing a silly looking hat.

By numstead at September 15, 2006 12:17 PM

3.

at this point we are all begging that toaster starts a rival site. 1989??? who the hell is the new gutter anyway - some AARP lacky project manager that was shoehorned from its cubie into a resting home for failed designers?

At least other Gutter writers used to know how the press works? Come back Cathy L H, all is forgiven...

By don't upset toaster... at September 15, 2006 12:47 PM

4.

haha. when i go to grad school i'll put up another site. so fall of 2007, gsd if all goes accordingly. with my anger of all the self-importance in this field, it could get ridiculous.

ps. i'm ALWAYS upset

By toaster at September 15, 2006 3:44 PM

5.

so toaster's...what?...TWELVE??? nuf said.

By broaster at September 15, 2006 5:19 PM

7.

Hire??

By SysAdmin at September 16, 2006 2:30 AM

8.

what happened to this site? Did someone have to go out and get a real job? Bummer dude... fun while it lasted.

By dinersan at September 20, 2006 1:34 PM

9.

jesus, you're lazier than david sitting in that chair. get on with it!

By Anonymous at September 22, 2006 10:37 AM

10.

Why do i even check this site anymore? I think it might be time to drop the gutter Lock.

By hurft at September 22, 2006 1:10 PM

11.

RIP Gutter V. 2.0

By Lock at September 26, 2006 1:24 PM

12.

Gutter, yet again, YOU SUCK!
Toaster, did you make it across the Hudson? Will you ever love me again?

By unoriginal at September 26, 2006 2:48 PM

13.

architecture in the mail has been canceled...do you guys care?

By the missing at September 27, 2006 2:11 PM

14.

damn this sucks more than eating a hat full of assholes...why does anyone even look at this site anymore

By gaylord at September 27, 2006 6:35 PM

15.

The gutter is dead, long live the gutter???

By WTF man? at September 27, 2006 7:54 PM

16.

"Full stop" indeed. Perhaps the Gutter's stagnation portends the death of authorship...

By derriduh at September 29, 2006 9:18 AM

17.

lame lame lame

By bothands at September 30, 2006 6:10 PM

18.

The stupidest people I've ever met have been architects. Are you all retarded?

By happylove at October 2, 2006 8:44 AM

19.

seriously...what happened here? the must read has just whithered away to a mere boring shadow of itself!!! anything happening at curbed.com?

By bedubs at October 2, 2006 9:50 AM

20.

Alright, fuck it. I give up. I am now officially removing The Gutter from my favorites, as it seems to have entered what can only be described as "eternal limbo." Either that or "eternal suckage."

By north at October 2, 2006 5:20 PM

21.

Maybe The Gutter has been run by David all along and this is his way of gloating???

By Anonymous at October 5, 2006 10:58 AM

22.

So this is how it ends?

By girdib at October 5, 2006 6:24 PM

23.

Not with a bang, alas, but with a smug, corporatized whimper. Kind of like the master plan I whipped up for Larry in late 2001 -- oh, I'm sorry, you thought that was Danny?

By David Childs at October 6, 2006 12:16 AM

24.

theyre talking about you on archinect

By UNORIGINAL at October 11, 2006 7:08 PM

25.

RIP Gutter, it was fun while it lasted.

By Blunt Force Trauma at October 13, 2006 3:45 PM

26.

good night and good luck.

By good night at October 16, 2006 8:44 PM

27.

"Full stop" indeed. Perhaps the Gutter's stagnation portends the death of authorship...

By Christian Ter at October 17, 2006 6:36 AM

28.

I win. You lose.

By David Childs at October 17, 2006 9:34 AM

29.

come back, I did'nt mean the things I said! I really doo love you!

By puke at October 17, 2006 12:17 PM

30.

seems as if the gutter finally got a life...

By lifer at October 17, 2006 9:20 PM

31.

he did get a life -- lamster is now a father

By Anonymous at October 18, 2006 7:00 PM

32.

I miss my tall dark and handsome Arch Dracula - those articulate summer nights of 05, those late night kisses, and the laying low of starchitects. Danny misses you, too. And Santiago. Please don't marry Zaha and move back to Baghdad. In the end she'll crush you, and she'll break your heart.

By Frank L. Right at October 19, 2006 4:54 PM

33.

her name's ursula and she lives under the ocean. get it right.

By toaster at October 20, 2006 4:56 PM

34.

there is no possiblity of reincarnation? as a person?

By RE: at October 21, 2006 1:58 PM

35.

Do you happen to know when that guy is going to stop looking at that apple and eat it? Eat that fucker, give me more posts!

By FOG at October 24, 2006 5:41 PM

36.

Remember? It can happen again!

By Dillerwatch at October 30, 2006 8:36 PM

37.

Curbed LA says you have a drinking problem, and I see no reason to doubt it. Oh, snap!

By la-la land at October 31, 2006 5:03 PM

38.

seems that that is a primary qualification for this job description

By scofidiowatch at November 12, 2006 10:22 AM

39.

Bite the Big Apple. Don't mind the maggots....

By shattered at November 12, 2006 10:23 AM

40.

ARCHITECTURE SUCKS

By renfro at November 13, 2006 7:11 PM

41.

ECHO...echo....e c h o...

The Gutter is dead.

By Anonymous at January 16, 2007 4:41 PM



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