A reader reminds me of another local expression of Brutalism:
There’s also the Southdale Library and Courthouse building http://images.publicradio.org/…/20120308_hennepin…
A building of uncertain fate. From the StarTribune:
Edina’s 42-year-old Hennepin County Southdale Library, which also houses courtrooms and a busy service center, squats like a white box on columns in one of the Twin Cities’ busiest areas, close to strip malls, big-box stores, groceries and chain restaurants.
With the imperious but distinctive building now in need of millions of dollars in upgrades, county leaders are looking into whether it would make more sense to demolish it and sell the land at the high-demand corner of W. 70th Street and York Avenue S.
