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Title: The ugliest building in every US state, according to people who live there
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URL Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/ugliest-buildings-in-the-us-2018-1
Published: Jul 16, 2018
Author: Leanna Garfield
Post Date: 2018-07-16 12:04:32 by Ada
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Views: 585
Comments: 11

Architecture is a form of art. When a city constructs a new building, it should add beauty to its streetscape.

But that doesn't always happen. Every town across the United States likely has a tower, a government complex, or an office building that residents wish never went up.

Business Insider asked readers to name the one architectural eyesore they loathe in their state. Responses ranged from a building that looks like a giant wooden basket to a hotel painted solid gold.

The most unpopular buildings — two that were named by nearly a dozen readers — were Boston's City Hall, a concrete structure that one person described as "depressing," and Manhattan's 432 Park Avenue, a skyscraper that another reader said resembles "a very tall trashcan."

Here are the ugliest buildings in every US state, plus Washington, DC:

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#4. To: Ada (#0)

Don't know why they picked the Ypsilanti Water Tower as a dishonorable mention.

It's a good old poop of an old time water tower. Certainly better looking than the herds of steel tower mushroom water reservoirs that dot the countryside most everywhere.

Some folks just have a list to shore up.

Ypsi Water Tower

randge  posted on  2018-07-16   16:27:38 ET  (1 image) Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#5. To: randge (#4)

Agree about the antique water tower; both functional and aesthetically pleasing, to me.

Lod  posted on  2018-07-16 16:52:00 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: randge (#4)

Many find it an example of offensively fallic architecture, shown here just below the Washington Monument.....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallic _architecture

NeoconsNailed  posted on  2018-07-16 16:54:39 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: randge (#4)

Sorta looks like an old Waring blender.

Ada  posted on  2018-07-16 17:15:25 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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