OK, let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and assume this Slate piece is meant as sarcasm, (though I’m not so sure Mr. Rybczynski is predisposed to irony)…
The real surprise is that a campaign based on change eschewed Gehry-esque billowing-cloud shapes, Libeskindian jagged shards, and even stainless-and-maple Starbucks moderne. Is Obama a closet Classicist, or is this merely another measure of this contradictory politician?
…because of all the vapid over-analysis of the Mile High columns, this one might actually win an award for stupid.
