Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Baltimore's Brutalist future? It's here to stay

It’s down but not out. That is the verdict on the future of the no-frills Brutalistic style of architecture in Baltimore during a year when yet another of the concrete landmarks was razed. In November, workers began to pulverize the Brutalistic McKeldin Fountain in McKeldin Plaza adjacent to Harborplace to make way for a newer, greener public park. The demolition was the ultimate resolution of a decade-long crusade by Kirby Fowler, president of the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, to take it…



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