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bonwich wrote:I now have two more votes from old fogies over in my forum saying that it was a Phillips station built in about 1969.

I would be extremely surprised that someone would have built something that looked like that in 1969, but I'll defer to the old fogies.



Edit: The old fogies were very close. The building was built in 1968, according to Geo St. Louis. Rich Yackey owns the lot. I'm guessing he has some long term plans for the lot that do not include a fast food restaurant. Oddly, it is zoned multi-family residential.

There's a gas station around here that has one of those weird roofs where it goes way up to a point. I'm not really sure how to describe it, but the overhang of the roof is stretched way out and pointed.

Doug wrote:Please demolish all the architectural triumphs in St. Louis and replace them with 1980's horror or bland suburban hell. Perhaps vacant lots which maximize the tax base and deter crime. This is our City.

MaYbE tHeN tHe CiTy wOuLd Be SaFe!~!~!~

Who in the F was in charge when the Ambassador came down? Was there any protest at all? Let's tear down the Fox too... Was it Bosley? Who at Mercantile Bank was pushing for it to be demolished? I want names!!

I'm bored, so I thought I would hi-jack this thread and switch the topic to the coolest looking buildings on the planet. My nominee...

^ Hideous.

The Milwaukee Art Museum is Gorgeous!

The Milwaukee Art Museum is definitely one of kind.



As for the Tenerife Concert Hall being hideous, I suppose everyone is entitled to there opinion ... no matter how wrong you think they are. =)