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queens place mall

the queens place mall in the elmhurst neighborhood of queens is the concrete symbol of neighborhood shopping. explore how cars and retail influenced its brutalist architecture.

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motorgate garage

the brutalist motorgate garage was the centerpiece of a car-free, utopian vision for nyc’s roosevelt island — and is one of the only parts of it that remain.

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weiss research building

the weiss research building — formerly the weiss science tower — is a dystopian, brutalist building part of nyc's rockefeller university. read all about it here

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the long lines building

if androids dream of electric sheep, then it must be that they sleep — but where? could it be inside the brutalist fortress at 33 thomas street in new york city known as the long lines building?

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the breuer building

the breuer building's many owners have so far defined its purpose. but what could this brutalist building actually be if it were to show us its true identity

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