Yes, in a 18th century Gothic castle or palace this could be found. But in a relative modern building as Mar a Lago it is totally misplaced and nothing more than bombastic kitsch IMHO. Just like plastic red Christmas trees in the White House.
A couple years ago for fun I was looking at listings for condominiums in New York City. There was this one, a penthouse on top of I think an apartment building on Central Park West. From the outside this building looks (to me at least) like any other building in that area of the city that I've seen pictures of, and most of the apartments are probably totally unremarkable. But the interior of this penthouse was completely made to look very convincingly like some frontier Mexican villa. With very rough-hewn wood, faux adobe-mud walls, arched doorways and hallways, tarnished looking fixtures. On top of a high-rise in New York. So bizarre.
Yeah Trump wouldn't know class if it knocked him down and teabagged him.
Actually a friend's husband commented a few years back that the manager he worked for back then (on a navy catapult system - don't know which one, no details were given) was a complete idiot. I'm sure with the level of oversight defense contracts get anything he bogged up would have been caught and corrected, but he was frustrated about the effect he was having on the project.
Actually, it looked that way in 1957 too:Taste: One has it or not.
Look at the shoddy in Mar a Lago, and you know where it's coming from.
If he was lucky. He does not strike me as someone who would encourage esprits de corps.
It's not likely he'll make that state visit, I guess, but if he does, I suspect the interior of Buckingham Palace might give him pause for thought as he compares it with his properties.
The Volt is a hybrid vehicle. The Bolt is all-electric. Is GM discontinuing production of both?
If it was in a time period correct house, like a castle or palace, I could agree with that choice.Actually, it looked that way in 1957 too:
It was declared a National Historic Landmark before Trump bought it, so he can't change the historic features.
Asia and Europe will keep developing electrical cars and hybrids. That type of cars will most likely take over a huge share of the market in the next decade. And rightfully so. The world wide CO2 emissions have increased last year for the first time since several years. So this concept has to be pushed forward, not much choice there.
Yes, only an idiot can not see the future is trending towards things like hybrids and electric vehicles. Not to mention more mass transit where it makes sense. Plus fewer cars in garages and more hooked to recharging stations for leasing with your smartphone. The age of individual cars that run on petrochemicals is dying. If GM wants to bail now I doubt other car manufacturers will shed much of a tear for them.
GM also makes the Chevy Bolt, which is a full electric car. The Volt is a plug-in hybrid (about 50 miles on battery, then runs on gas).
Depends on the building - in Berlin there's since 2013 the reconstruction of the 1950 demolished Berlin Palace on its way; so we got here exactly that, a modern building made out of concrete with old decor put on top.
The UK and France will be banning new petrol- and diesel-powered cars from 2040 onwards (New diesel and petrol cars face 2040 ban) , and there's talk of bringing that forward to 2030
Ban new petrol and diesel cars in 2030, not 2040, says thinktank
