My friend Ally found this and put it up on Facebook a little while back and I thought it was curious enough to put up here. Check out this New York magazine article from the summer of 1987 dubbed "The Buildings New Yorkers Love To Hate." Sure, many of the choices are predictable and some of these buildings are already gone (or completely unrecognizable today), but it's amazing how history has softened some of ire in the ensuing 23 years.
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