Demolishing A Decade

“In a society otherwise enamored of the styles of the 1960’s, the architecture of that decade is rarely loved and frequently reviled. All over the country, 60’s buildings are being torn down while much older buildings survive. Functional problems, like leaky roofs and inadequate heating systems, are often to blame. But just as often, the buildings are simply disliked by institutions that have enough money to replace them.” There is a burgeoning movement afoot to save the structures, but the “so-bad-they’re-good” logic doesn’t seem to be attracting many supporters for the boxy, concrete buildings that dominated the ’60s.