Somehow the post-classical buildings fail to inspire...
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I agree GaylordWilshire! Quite a few public buildings, particularly high schools and colleges that were built or commissioned in the 1970's were done in this bunker-like style as a response to the student take-overs/protests of the late 60's. I think of it as the "City Terrified" movement. Officials and Administrators of the WWII generation were discombobulated by the 60's and became more concerned with control than function or environment and we ended up with a lot of bunkers (a different sort of "noir"...a dark "70's noir".) The Bonaventure Hotel downtown is a great example of this. It's wonderful on the inside but if you are a pedestrian on the outside walking in downtown, see how difficult it is to find a way into the place. Sharp edges, no street level windows, few doors, entrances that could be "defended" from the crime and disorder of the "scary" declining city outside. Glad times have changed and we have gone back to more natural human-friendly, as opposed to human-terrified architecture.