One could say that it had a certain abstract charm, or that it distilled the forms down to their geometric essences; one could praise its uncompromising rejection of "artistically" massed skyscrapers, and laud its purity, its courage. One could; one would be an idiot. This is a big ugly block of arrogant crap.
But it does grow on you. As you'll see.
Specifics: designed by SOM - there's a big surprise - according to a late 70s / early 80s design. They built another one across the river in St. Paul.
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