Mike of of Modernity (or post?)

The whirlwind tour which enumerated the postmodern architectural highlights of Downtown Orlando for this class has left an indelible mark. Every building and outbuilding, every facade and courtyard seem to speak now, in a hitherto unheard tongue. Though every readers translation of the text in buildings will vary, certain signals can be heard loud and clear; whether or not that was the intention of their creators. A building has been slowly growing in Altamonte Springs, one can in fact see it from our beloved I-4. Merely a skeleton not just a year ago, this building was recently given the beginnings of a mirrored facade, a construct that we know from our friend Mr. Jencks is often used to quote other buildings around it, adding multi-valence to its structure. I have attempted to find out who exactly it is that owns this building, but I do know it belongs to a rather wealthy and influential Christian Ministry group. The construction on this building has been over three years in the making, possibly more. For economic reasons, the buildings progress has been halted, with piecemeal construction ensuing as money permits. While nearly perfectly horizontal in all other aspects of its shape, the buildings glass facade is rounded at the top on one side. It, in fact, looks like a not so subtle penis-in-metamorphosis. Something akin to the original cover of "The Little Mermaid" (The Castle was a giant phallic symbol - and not subtle either). This sort of phallocentric symbolism can be seen everywhere, so it is not this element that is truly intriguing about. It is the fact that it is the tallest building for miles, and has remained unfinished for so long. One can see inside the building where the unfinished mirroring ends. A gigantic absent center. Not only is there nothing in the building, but it has no covering to define what it's center might be. The costly reflective glass coverings, do not quote anything, because there is nothing left to reflect. It might have been an impressive piece of architecture one day, a source of pride for it's designer, and a coup for its investors. At least this is what the building says to me. That it shall always remain a half-baked attempt at egotism, that just couldn't get it up.