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Old 06-21-2013, 02:52 PM   #266
valo403
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Originally Posted by Jay Random View Post
I know perfectly well that it was intended to oxidize. It's still an idiotic material to build the exterior of an arena out of.

The official idea, according to the Barclays Center bumf, is that the colour of the exterior is supposed to suggest the brownstones of Brooklyn. I have never seen brownstones that colour used in building, either in person or in photographs. What it does suggest to me is a gigantic turd.
I'd never heard that reason before, but interestingly enough if you google image search "Brooklyn brownstone' you get a lot of pictures of buildings that are a pretty similar shade. Personal taste is personal taste though, we're not all going to like the same things.
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