tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post2593902937859264086..comments2023-08-03T11:56:57.358-04:00Comments on Philaphilia: Butt-Fugly Building of the Week-- November 29thGroJLarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934904684571266144noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-62569284621196272742011-11-30T07:58:32.394-05:002011-11-30T07:58:32.394-05:00I find myself in Denver at least once a year. And ...I find myself in Denver at least once a year. And when there I find myself at Sam's No. 3 at least once, if not more. Across the street from Sams's is the Denver Federal Reserve building. It is shockingly similar to our fugly mint. <br /><br />http://denverdailyphoto.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/fed-res.jpg<br /><br />http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/colorado/denver/federalindex.jpg<br /><br />I was able to discover the Denver Fed's current location opened in 1968, a year earlier than the current Philly mint. I couldn't find out who the architect was though (guess they rightfully are hiding any invovlement).Scoatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02551058895930966973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-88121822491368088282011-11-29T18:28:44.859-05:002011-11-29T18:28:44.859-05:00This is the single biggest POS in the city. No bui...This is the single biggest POS in the city. No building comes close. Brutalism defined. Move the OWS vermin there.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981602970915386522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902904430597840815.post-85432293065722222152011-11-29T11:20:08.537-05:002011-11-29T11:20:08.537-05:00As part of the deal to build this mint building, t...As part of the deal to build this mint building, the city also sold/gave to the feds the property on the WEST side of Independence Mall. And so we have a "park" surrounded by tall unfeeling monsters put up by the federal gov't for gov't purposes (mint, courthouse, fed reserve bank). All of these neighborhoods looked like Old City; Old City could have gone to 7th Street if the city had not done this.Harry Kyriakodishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15332293505785529378noreply@blogger.com