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      <![CDATA[So, what are the prettiest buildings? It's easy to point out what the author thinks is hideous.
        
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      <![CDATA[how about the old james marshall court building down on 7th?? that thing is peeling apart.
        
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      <![CDATA[The addition to the General Assembly Building is remarkably inappropriatea in every way.
        
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      <![CDATA[The sacrificial altarso true. I really hate that the school opted not to build the beautiful and distinctive tower that was on the original design for that building.
        
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      <![CDATA[Speaking of VCU, how 'bout the old School of Business building? Hibbs isn't very sexy either.
        
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      <![CDATA[How come nobody spoke up on Riverfront Plazas two ugly Hershee color buildings with the funny hats on top? I am glad somebody mentioned the Markel Building and that new soviet office building that Philip Morris just opened.
        
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      <![CDATA[Has anyone seen the new movie complex being built at the intersection of Rt 60 and 288? It's HIDEOUS!
        
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      <![CDATA[I'd vote for the Monroe and Phillip Morris buildings too  not only are they ugly, they do much to destroy the urban fabric and shut off everything around them. The Monroe Building can be attributed to old, now outdated notions of planning the only excuse for the Phillip Morris structure is arrogance.
        
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      <![CDATA[Richmond Plaza didn't make the list?! Whatever happened to the beautiful exterior of the factory they covered up with the 60s/70s retro-fit facade?
        
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      <![CDATA[What about that ugly new downtown Philip Morris building (Center for Research & Technology). You get to see that hideous thing as you enter the city on I64 heading west.
        
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      <![CDATA[I can't think of a building with worse aesthetic impact than the current city hall. Its horizontal overhang roof make the structure look squat and hulking.
        
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      <![CDATA[This is a bunch of hooey. you suggestions are subjective.
        
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      <![CDATA[Correction to comment below: city hall is the most prominent to those approaching from the north or east
        
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      <![CDATA[Like a person, the beauty is not always on the outside, it lies within with the people who are inside helping others. And one person's vision doesn't always see the beauty in difference there is always an neat beauty in everything.
        
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      <![CDATA[Regardless of whether you agree with this list or not, the article is incomplete without some mention of buildings that the author feels are appropriately designed. Whithout that context, it's simply whining.
        
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      <![CDATA[Another glaring ommission:  the eyesore done in neo-Soviet Constructionist style called the James Madison Building (poor Madison!) on Governor Street downtown.
        
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      <![CDATA[You missed the "Ministry of Fear"  -  The Suntrust Mtge Bldg. I don't know who named it that, but I think of it every time it fouls my view.
        
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      <![CDATA[Glaring omission: the Markel Building.
        
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      <![CDATA[As bad as some of the VCU stuff is, the worst, absolutely worst building in Richmond was built by developers Ved Jain and Salomonsky near the corner of Belvidere and W.Cary. They are hideous looking cracker jack student apartment buildings that offer no charm whatsoever and ruin the whole streetscape.
        
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