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Old Posted Jan 16, 2012, 2:04 PM
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I personally love Brutalism, but some of its buildings I would not shed a tear if they were lost.
One example being One Yonge:

To me it isn't even a good example of Brutalism.

Local examples of Brutalist buildings I would absolutely hate to see demolished:
Robarts Library (Fort Book) in Toronto:


222 Jarvis in Toronto:


University of Waterloo Math & Computers Building:



Keep in mind I'm only using local examples because those are some I know the best and have some attachment to, there are many more examples out there that would be a huge architectural loss if they were demolished (J. Edgar Hoover Building, Dallas/Boston City Hall, etc.).

We may think these are ugly now, but just like the crimes that occurred in the 60's and 70's, once they're gone, they're essentially gone forever.
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