Building Porn
Someone’s been searching for “naked ashley mews” at this site. It’s a reasonable request - “Ashley Mews” would be a fine stripper stage name - and since we’re so eager to please, here it is: Ashley Mews in all its full-color glory. As this piece in the Copper Development Association’s magazine points out, “The handsome front and side doors greeting visitors entering Ashley Mews are bronze-clad over aluminum. If you’re one of the fortunate penthouse owners, you not only enter your dwelling through these doors, but you can maintain a firm grip on solid bronze railings while ascending the steps to the residential lobby.”
Regarding the first line of the article: I never noticed that the AA weather was particularly changeable. It may be more accurate to say, “If you don’t like the weather, wait 10 months and it will be very hot for a few weeks.”
posted by Anna on January 7th, 2004 at 2:51 pmMy advice to the climate-conscious in AA is to read the Book of Exodus and take comfort in knowing that the ongoing plague known as Michigan weather could theoretically be worse - at least we don’t have rivers of blood or raining frogs. Although that would add some variety.
posted by Nick on January 7th, 2004 at 4:37 pmI saw two people playing golf on Monday this week.
posted by Steven B. Cherry on January 7th, 2004 at 5:50 pmI never knew bronze could cause such a frisson. It certainly sounds as if it has a powerful physiological effect. I can’t afford a penthouse, but I’m thinking of stopping by Home Depot to pick up some bronze screws to carry around in my pocket–maybe I can experience a little of the orgiastic bliss of all those Mews bronze-gropers.
posted by Laura on January 7th, 2004 at 7:55 pmThat’s a-mews-ing, Laura.
posted by Jon on January 7th, 2004 at 9:04 pmBut make sure you can keep a firm grip on the screws.
posted by Jon on January 7th, 2004 at 9:05 pmWith copper being en vogue, one should expect to see it as the material of choice during the Annarbour Art Faire (only 6.5 months away).
posted by Jon on January 7th, 2004 at 9:22 pmCopper birds on sticks (and windmills) were last year’s Art Fair tchotchkes. And we all know that the Art Fair never repeats itself.
posted by js on January 8th, 2004 at 11:14 amjs
I heard from someone today that the Mews sold all of their $450k walk-ups. I guess they were a big hit.
Of course it still looks like nobody’s living in most of them.
posted by Steven B. Cherry on January 8th, 2004 at 3:11 pmThis might be out of date, but looks like you can still get in for only $375,000 and $180 in association fees: http://www.bouma.com/cgi-bin/condoDetail.pl?ID=3810
posted by B on January 8th, 2004 at 10:38 pmI met a young fellow who lives at Ashley Mews. He bought the place sight unseen and has done nothing but bitch about how cruddy the place is and that A2 is a loser town.
I think he made his $$ in the dot com era. No visible means of support but he spends a lot of time on commercial airlines
posted by mucho gusto on January 13th, 2004 at 9:40 pmDot com tycoon, whining about a $450K loft.
Boo, freakin, hoo. I’ve got a gall-bladder that’s about ready to explode, or so it feels, even though my bloodwork was negative, and my ultrasound was “perfectly normal” (indicating no obvious gallstones), no job (yet–now that I’m moved in, it’s time to hit employment agencies), no insurance other than my Cobra coverage for which I still have yet to plunk down $400 worth of deductible (I’m sure I’ll get hit soon enough for $500 for the freaking ultrasound that was negative).
An artist’s life………..
posted by Mike from Chicago who just moved from Lansing on January 16th, 2004 at 3:08 pm