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Boston City Hall is uglier than a seven-story picnic basket

By adamg on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 4:39pm

Matthew Yglesias makes the case (and yes, there really is a seven-story tall picnic basket, in Newark, OH).

Via Robert David Sullivan.

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City Hall


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By Michael Kerpan on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 5:48pm.

...in part because of the _way_ it (and the surrounding area) got "urban renewed".

Ignoring this history, I think it fits in perfectly well with the surrounding structures.

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By FrancescaFordiani on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 6:12pm.

Faint praise. I ask visiting out of towners if they think it's a) a parking garage, b) a jail, or c) city hall. My niece guessed "jail."

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By ShadyMilkMan on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 9:12am.

Maybe I am alone in this but out of all those ugly buildings I like the basket the most. I am not a fan of the suburban large office complex but if you have to do it why not make it interesting. This one even seems to have a nice green area with flowers around it.

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By Ron Newman on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 9:25am.

and I may be the only reader here who has actually seen the outside and taken a tour inside. It's an eye-catcher.

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By Ron Newman on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 9:25am.

and I may be the only reader here who has actually seen the outside and taken a tour inside. It's an eye-catcher in rural Ohio.

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