Comments by "Trazyn" (@Trazynn) on "Not All Architecture Worth Saving is Beautiful (Portland Building)" video.

In my first year in Urban Planning my professors stressed the need to appreciate the historical context of buildings and not just their aesthetic value. However the Portland Building isn't just ugly, it's built like fortress, a bunker. It looks like a citadel. And such a building communicates to the public that it doesn't trust them, it's need to ward off people rather than embrace them. I believe that a building designed like this can have a negative psychological effect on people and their attitudes towards society. If it was placed in the middle of nowhere it would be fine. But it's got too much of a prominent position in Portland which might play a role, albeit a minor one, in the atttitudes of Portlanders.
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