First, let's cover the basics. The whole "Gotham/Empire" style in architecture really took off after the conceptual work by High Ferriss. His 1929 book "The Metropolis of Tomorrow" influenced the whole generation of architects, with its moody, colossal projections, destined to forever haunt the dreams of would-be dictators and power-mad superheroes:
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Ferriss had also just come from seeing that new Fritz Lang movie at his local bijou.
Like a Coruscant of the 20's...
That is one of my favorite words - bijou. Let's go to the bijou for some ju ju bees.
Of course! We'll sit in the balcony and watch some cinema!
Cinema on a Saturday afternoon is such a civilized way to spend one's afternoon.
Some of his buildings remind me of ancient Babylon.
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