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Originally Posted by AdrianXSands
boston city hall
kallmann mckinnell + wood
absolutely wonderful public space
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Originally Posted by AdrianXSands
well, have you ever been to st. louis and this building? that picture makes it look like a building you'd see in the middle of berlin or something like that... but in person, it is rather detached from the street and is semi isolated like an island in the middle of the block. that's all i meant...
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You are aware of the inconsistency between both of these arguments, right Adrian? I'm not sure if you've ever been to Boston but the plaza around its city hall is one of the most maligned public spaces in the country: not only is it perpetually under-utilized (it is much too large), it totally destroyed Scollay Square, a rich, vibrant quarter of the city with character to spare. "Government Center" is now little more than a metaphor for the ill effects of governmental paternalism. Not only that, the building itself is dimly lit, drafty, inaccessible and difficult to navigate, hardly a paragon of democratic values and transparency.
It's funny because this
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but in person, it is rather detached from the street and is semi isolated like an island in the middle of the block.
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sums it up perfectly.
Anyway, I nominate Wasilla.