Skate Bait Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Travel can open your eyes to some of the world's most beautiful sights and buildings -- and to some of the ugliest. Web site VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) has come up with a list of "The World's Top 10 Ugliest Buildings and Monuments" according to their editors and readers. Reuters has not endorsed this list. "Some of these picks have all the charm of a bag of nails while others are just jaw-dropping in their complexity. Love them or hate them, the list is certainly entertaining," said General manager Giampiero Ambrosi. 1. Boston City Hall; Boston, Massachusetts While it was hip for it's time, this concrete structure now gets routinely criticized for its dreary facade and incongruity with the rest of the city's more genteel architecture. Luckily, it's very close to more aesthetically pleasing attractions. 2. Montparnasse Tower; Paris, France While it's almost universally agreed that this ominous stick is a blight on the landscape of the world's most stunning city, its detractors admit that there is one very good reason to take in the view from the building's observation deck: it's the only place you can go to get a view of the city without it. 3. LuckyShoe Monument; Tuuri, Finland It may be over-the-top, but there is something to be said for the giant, golden horseshoe that looms over Finland's second-largest shopping center. The shoe, and, in fact, the entire town in which it is situated, is said to bring good luck. 4. Metropolitan Cathedral; Liverpool, England The people who work here must be sick of the space capsule jokes. Even those who find the building's shell a bit "spacey," have to admit the circular interior is pretty spectacular. 5. Port Authority Bus Terminal; New York City, New York Those who pass by this iron monstrosity might be tempted to ask about a completion date, but alas, this is the finished product. 6. Torres de Colon; Madrid, Spain Like a set of giant salt-and-pepper shakers, these matching towers loom over the city to the dissatisfaction of many area residents. The buildings are also known as "El Enchufe" or "The Plug" for the plug-like structure that holds them together 7. Liechtenstein Museum of Fine Arts; Vaduz, Liechtenstein Some feel the building's minimalist box design is a triumph, others say it's an eyesore. 8. Scottish Parliament Building; Edinburgh, Scotland Stone, oak, and bamboo are part of the make-up of the Scottish Parliament, a building that is the subject of much debate. 9. Birmingham Central Library; Birmingham, England One look and it's easy to see how this genre of architecture came to be known as the "Brutalist" style. Not surprisingly, the issue of its possible demolition has been looming for years. 10. Peter the Great Statue; Moscow, Russia Some 15 stories high, the larger-than-life monument was designed by controversial artist, Zurab K. Tsereteli, whose statue of Christopher Columbus was repeatedly rejected by the United States. Politics is like driving - it's "R" to go backwards, and "D" to go forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charloots Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Cleveland...all of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BranfordJeff Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 How about the unompleted hotel in Pyinyang, NK? Great tribute to communism, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Williams Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Cleveland...all of it. ^^^^ what he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Fishinger Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 I heard that on local radio today, Boston City Hall is a good pick for number one, looks like something out of a depressed communist block country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skate Bait Posted November 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 How about the unompleted hotel in Pyinyang, NK? Great tribute to communism, eh? Looks like graph chart of the stock market lately. Politics is like driving - it's "R" to go backwards, and "D" to go forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditch Jigger Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 How about the unompleted hotel in Pyinyang, NK? Great tribute to communism, eh? More proof that the Dear Leader is worm food. He would have capped that job himself if he were still alive. "…if catching fish is your only objective, you are either new to the game or too narrowly focused on measurable results.” - D. Stuver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditch Jigger Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 I heard that on local radio today, Boston City Hall is a good pick for number one, looks like something out of a depressed communist block country Attachment 181560 And what's inside there is even scarier "…if catching fish is your only objective, you are either new to the game or too narrowly focused on measurable results.” - D. Stuver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charloots Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 I heard that on local radio today, Boston City Hall is a good pick for number one, looks like something out of a depressed communist block country Attachment 181560 Looks like they had the prints upside down when the project started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BranfordJeff Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 I heard that on local radio today, Boston City Hall is a good pick for number one, looks like something out of a depressed communist block country Attachment 181560 Yeah, it's ugly as hell, but a great place to ride a bike, doing stunts and stuff. Broke my arm there once while stationed right down the street. Yeah, it is ugly as hell, and like someone else said, what's inside is even worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhavendave Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 The spinning sky scraper in dubai http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgtX20FTdoM&feature jgtX20FTdoM&feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph78 Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 How the heck would you get into that thing? Rod Building is an addiction, the N.E.R.B.S. help feed that addiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggum Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Before they imploded it several yrs ago I always thought the New Haven Coliseum was pretty bad "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity""Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhavendave Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 the K of C HQ by the same architect is not much better looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhavendave Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 RPeNyw1VtIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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