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Notice Us!

What do you do when you’re a smallish New England city and you just can’t screw up big enough to make it on to James Howard Kunstler’s Eyesore of the Month with architectural stunts like this:
You attach these:


To your misplaced (Main Street) poorly designed (no street level pedestrian interest) parking garage:


C’mon Jimbo, give the little guy a chance!

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5 thoughts on “Notice Us!”

  1. Jim says:
    March 2, 2017 at 4:38 am

    What the hell are those supposed to be? Besides ugly. They do prove one thing, as grotesque as that building was, it could be (and now is) worse.

    Reply
    • Steve says:
      March 9, 2017 at 8:53 pm

      Makes it worse because now it looks like they think it’s hip now!

      Reply
  2. Greg says:
    May 4, 2017 at 11:00 pm

    Is that a climbing wall? Looks like it. Chattanooga has similar climbing walls on the side of a parking garage. If it is, it’s a good addition.

    Reply
    • Steve says:
      May 5, 2017 at 5:17 am

      Not intended to be but why not?

      Reply
      • Greg says:
        May 5, 2017 at 10:00 am

        Here’s a link to Chattanooga’s climbing wall. They turned the side of a parking garage into an active destination for people, and a profitable business from the looks of it (it has expanded since I was there). http://highpointclimbing.com/downtown/

        Maybe you could stage a climbing takeover of the decorative panels on your garage. : )

        Reply

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