[esquire]

Thinking more about this, I think part of the hate-on I have for the pink and teal decor is that it evokes the "let's give up on cities" era when nothing was happening downtown and all the growth was in the suburbs.

At least the poo-brown and orange colours correlate with a period when we were still at least making an effort to make things work downtown (convention centre, Winnipeg Square, Eaton Place were all part of the brown and orange club) before things kind of bottomed out in the late 90s.

I don't think other colours evoke this reaction for me. I'm hard pressed to think of any buildings I don't like because they're too colourful, even if the colours are dated.