The FBI will be leaving the J. Edgar Hoover Building in downtown D.C., and CityLab explains why, wherever one stands on Brutalism, its probable demolition will be a net loss for the city, and whatever replaces it will undoubtedly be "regular, orderly, safe, and worse." There's no word yet on the fate of the widely slandered utilitarian fortress, but the FBI will be building a new HQ in Virginia or Maryland. [Curbed DC and CityLab; previously]
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