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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
the war memorial was SO much more attractive back in the day before all the subsequent additions that were made to it.
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So true, the Calatrava really fuglied up the original design!
Seriously though, this is what I'm talking about with people defacing Brutalism. If the Calatrava were to be built 50 years from now, no one would have ever thought to allow it to directly abut and clutter the Saarinen design. They would have demanded a respectful treatment of the original structure similar to the Nelson-Atkins addition in KC. The Calatrava is great enough on its own, but shouldn't visibly abut the Saarinen, it should emerge from the hillside and connect underground.