[SamInTheLoop]

^ Hardly.

More of just a philosophical, almost visceral disdain for that school's architecture department and everything it stands for or that has come out of it. Pure tastelessness/backward-looking schlockfest. I mean, for all that's holy, they are affiliated with the Driehaus 'Prize' for architecture! What's the polar opposite of vanguard?

Interesting bringing up the appreciation though of ballparks in cities. Good thing yes, but we've also had to put up with the tremendously junky designs that have come with the vast majority of new parks put up since the movement began. There are definitely signs this may finally be changing, and appreciation of design may be coming back to the sport (but of course we're at a decidedly slower rate of new park construction than we were when the nostalgic schlocksupercycle was coming online)......