Personally, I'm shocked that Soldier Field here in Chicago, IL USA is not on the list... What they did to that stadium is despicable... What eye-sore do you think should have made the list? Travel Picks: 10 top ugly buildings and monuments http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081114/lf_nm_life/us_travel_picks_ugly#full 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.
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Your mom!
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I'm with you...I just read that article and was like..."where is the UFO that crashed on Soldier Field". The totally ruined that stadium...I'm getting used to it though, I don't live downtown, but go there frequently and I am getting used to it.
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The Mosque of Abu l-Haggag at Luxor temple in Egypt. It's literally been called a cancer.
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I live in Scotland and I agree the parliament building is grotesque. I'd have settled for straightforward classical architecture and it would have been a tenth of the cost.
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Hussien Obama
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Heinz Field, without a doubt. I live in Pittsburgh, and I don't think these pics come anywhere near to conveying how truly hideous it is when you actually see it. It puts the U in ugly. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=heinz%20field&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
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Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. 'Nuff said.
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I'd say "Unconditional Surrender" in San Diego, CA. It has got to be one of the worst cases of kitsch posing as "art" that I have ever seen. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=27774
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I agree 100% that it should be the renovated Soldier Field in Chicago. It looks like a spaceship landed on the rubbles of the lake shore. The renovation was halfway decent on the inside, but a poor job on the outside.
