Eek! Who designed this thing?!

[precocious]

This aerial photograph taken Wednesday, March 12, 2008, shows the Wesley Acres retirement home in Decatur, Ala. Prompted by complaints from a Jewish activist, the agency that owns the government-funded building is planning to alter its shape to disguise the Nazi symbol.
(AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

:doh:Whose bright idea was to design, approve and build this? :34:

The story...

 

[WENEEDLIGHT]

WHAT!?

.. well, it is a free country but I don't think it's right to show off this symbol.

 

[OtterKim]

Wow, what a blunder!~

 

[JerryP]

"alter its shape to disguise the Nazi symbol". That should be interesting too

 

[Big Daddy]

Who goes around looking at aerial views of building looking for these things?

 

[precocious]

How could you not help but notice just flying by?

 

[MrsK2002]

Oops....:convinced: Now how can that be fixed to hide the obvious???:sus:

 

[dbee]

I can't believe this was a over-sight. I smell a lot of *ullshi*

 

[morriefisher]

Didn't anyone notice this on the blueprints? Sure they must have.

 

[BabyV]

I agree with morriefisher - to me, it seems intentional. The architect that designed the building layout must have been aware of the likeliness to the symbol. I'm curious as to how they would disguise this as well.

 

[precocious]

I agree with morriefisher - to me, it seems intentional. The architect that designed the building layout must have been aware of the likeliness to the symbol. I'm curious as to how they would disguise this as well.

That would be easy, just make porticos or 'covered walkways (driveways) that extend and connect to the next structure......somewhat resembling a figure of "4 boxes" in a square.....:convinced:

 

[JerryP]

Didn't anyone notice this on the blueprints? Sure they must have.

Not necessarily. Aerial plans are not paid too much attention to when construction is being done. During construction you might not see the forest for the trees. Additionally the person who might have noticed might not be old enough to associate the symbol with the stigma the symbol holds.

 

[precocious]

The one-story building, designed in the mid-1970s and completed in 1980, underwent a $1 million alteration in 2001 with funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development following complaints by Democratic Sen. Howell Heflin, who has since died. But the addition of two wings did little to hide the offensive shape, and in some ways accentuates it.

I think it would be safe to say that the designer/architect would have been old enough and aware of what a swastika was and stood for....:noidea: