San Antonio's city hall used to be cool.
Before:
http://www.littlecolonel.com/Places/...tyHall1908.jpg
After:
http://www.constableri.com/City%20Hall.jpg
Yuck.
Adding a fourth floor was such a short sighted move. The city has since moved into several adjacent buildings. The City Council chambers now reside in the former frost bank building:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/...95b2a1.jpg?v=0
It's a neat building on it's own, but where it really wins points is in the contrast of the sacred/secular with San Fernando Cathedral(to the left). I can't find a picture of both side by side, but this picture gives you the general idea of the placement of the two structures:
*Image removed*