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Originally Posted by austlar1
I may be the only person on this forum who finds the Hobby Building to be half way interesting. It could be nicer with some street level retail or a sidewalk cafe in the area with the neglected water feature. Otherwise, it is not really such a terrible building. With regards to the Federal Courthouse, I have tried hard to like this building, but it just does not inspire me. Viewed from up close, some of the building materials and design features are noteworthy, but viewed from afar, it is just hulking beige beast.
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You're not. A couple of years after I got here, the Hobby Building, (I can't recall the original name) was part of the early 80s building boom, and it was basically by itself, with a working water feature. Though short, under 180', it still stood out, and it was pretty much our first little cluster. Today its tucked away a bit, and perhaps since its government building, not within any budget for an upgrade. But it is unique in color and shape and perhaps one of the first notched building downtown. I don't mind it. However, if we want to discuss a different building built a year later during the same boom that absolutely has no redeeming qualities, you only need to travel a few blocks north. That would be the Capitol Tower. I don't understand why that was allowed to be built.