Is Albert Speer employed as an architect by the USN? (Google Earth)

[Warbler]

I doubt very much I can post this image, but it would appear until the advent of google earth no one really knew what the US Navy base at Coronado, California looked like from the air:lol:

Nope.... can't do it.

Put Coronado, California into the browser. It should bring you out over the bay area. There's a small island with a sand spit trailing to the South East follow this down about 800 yds at and altitude of about 2000 ft.

It would appear that the architect was either having a laugh, knew something more the American military than he was letting on, or took his inspirations from .................:lol:

 

[Harbinger]

 

[Desert Orchid]

Hard to believe that got past the planners, isn't it?

Or could the photo be a hoax??

 

[Warbler]

It's no hoax.

I was told about it, and had reservations that any architect could submit such plans and no one fail to spot what it was that was being proposed. I duly thought I'd check it out, and sure enough, it's there!!!

 

[walsworth]

Don't forget that it was an ancient peace symbol before it was hijacked by Hitler, maybe the architect was an erstwhile hippy. I wonder how old the building is?

 

[krizon]

Nicely in line with the huge advances in American rocket design post WWII, which were down to the USA taking in a number of Nazi scientists after the war, and giving them very highly-placed and well-paid jobs. Wehrner von Braun et al.

The swastika wasn't an 'ancient peace symbol'. The right-facing version (as against the Nazi's alternative-facing one) dates back some 5,000 years and is still used in Hindu and Buddhist societies in jewellery, doorways, etc. as a symbol to bring good fortune. The word is Sanskrit: svastikah, derived from two words, "su", meaning good, and "asti" meaning to exist. Thus, a good life. It was the Nazi dentist Dr Freidrich Krohn who devised the alternative version after bending any amount of history to try and make it appear an Aryan construct.

 

[walsworth]

I would argue that it represents a good life and the continued existence of mankind on Earth. Surely this can be considered as a peace symbol, but "bonnet de douche!"
Have a look here:
http://reclaimtheswastika.com/

 

[Warbler]

I would argue that it represents a good life and the continued existence of mankind on Earth. Surely this can be considered as a peace symbol,

Strange thing for US military to adopt

 

[krizon]

You can argue all you wish, Walsworth - but don't argue with me, argue with the people who first adopted it. Yes, I read that article, too.

 

[walsworth]

This article states that the building dates from 1967, so it's not pre-war. Also they say that the US Navy were going to spend $600,000 to disguise the building.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20996515/

 

[betsmate]

 

[Desert Orchid]

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[ItalianStallion]

The architect is a genius lol.

 

[krizon]

Oi vey, it's Groucho Marx! No, no, it's not - it's Adolf!