Posted Feb 19, 2018, 11:50 PM
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Q: what is the best downtown building constructed after WWII?
A: it's still under construction (it's the Frost Building) (maybe the library)
San Antonio has a really poor record of aesthetic building design for the last 75 years. The Hemisfair Park redevelopment had so much potential to build some new shining jewels in a beautiful setting and they chose some really bland crap instead, with the implied justification that the buildings are designed to fit in. On top of that, the whole redevelopment is a shady deal with a private construction company (I honestly wouldn't care about this if the designs were even slightly interesting).
I'm gonna be mad about this for a while. If those buildings were bold, innovative, or just cool-looking it would make a difference in how people, locals included, perceive our city. That particular location is (will be) vital for downtown.
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