POLL: Ugliest Presidential Library

[XNASA]

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E.

[DS1]

1. I knew it

B was the most boring, it had to be Reagans.

Bomb it.

[Javaman]

5. looks like a dentists office

[hollywood926]

11. I went to that one about a week after he died...

a friend was in town and wanted to see it. We had both heard Reagan speak at our high school in October 1984 and it was a big deal in our small town in WV.

Anyway, there is a lot of scenic beauty in Simi Valley, but the library is a bit of a bore and packed with scary republicans and someone hired Edward Scissorhands to trim the shrubs into elephant shapes.

I'm not ashamed to say that I was frightened and threw up a little bit in my mouth.

[TwentyFive]

2. Where is the barbed wire for B? Looks like a Cult Compound or prison n/t

[Phillycat]

3. Good god, I was just going to post "B looks like a prison".

GET OUT OF MY HEAD! :)

[madrchsod]

4. a-modern post office ,b fits the surrounding area

c- modern office/medical clinic design, d is really up for debate,e-depends where it`s built

[procrastinator]

6. Best one:

is the Truman Library -- in Independence, MO where I grew up!

[pdx_prog]

20. I went there

back in 1973....it was very nice.

[Justitia]

7. B looks like a former military barracks

Whose is D? It got my vote for ugliest.

[yellowdogintexas]

13. JFK

I don't like it from this photo either, but it probably looks better in person since it is on the water

[DrZeeLit]

35. JFK's (d) is absolutely gorgeous in person. Sits on the water, and

his sailboat is outside that tall window. Inside marvelous exhibits breathe with life -- in the oval office: his desk, the rocking chair and all the other pieces that surrounded him. Also rooms about the space program, civil rights, the new frontier, and the peace corps. They have a movie theatre and added exhibits about Jackie and JFK, Jr.

Also, the people who work inside were very nice. That always says a lot about any museum or "tourist" place.

I've been twice and each time has been a wonderful experience.
The picture above doesn't do it justice.

[yellowdogintexas]

39. I am glad to hear that..

I was in Boston in June but did not have time to go to the library. Only so much you can do in a day in Boston LOL.

[Justitia]

16. oops - nevermind, it's gorgeous!

[trotsky]

8. Poppy Bush's (A) looks like a frickin' mausoleum.

Fugly.

[ronnykmarshall]

37. I think it looks like a shopping mall.

Kinda looks like Nordstroms.

[arcos]

9. B.... D and E are the coolest...

E is Clinton's... and D?

[Lavender Brown]

12. JFK's?

Maybe

[yellowdogintexas]

10. well, I am trying to decide if "B" is Nixon's or Reagan's

It is obviously in California,though and has that Santa Barbara look to it. I would wager it looks much better than in this photo when you are actually there.

E is Bill's and the rendering does not do it justice. It hangs over the river ...across I30 from down town Little Rock. Much prettier than the architect's rendering.

Love the landscaping on the Carter library

[Zuni]

31. I like the Carter design too

It was the landscaping that won me over. Fits Carter perfectly.
If the Clinton library is more dramatic than that I could change my vote, but his and jfk'S the worst looking to me.

[yellowdogintexas]

34. you need to see the actual pictures or the building itself

It hangs out over the Arkansas River.. I esp like the view from the end looking out over the river..there is an old bridge there that is part of the property. It is just neat looking that's all.

plus they cleaned out an old abandoned warehouse district to build it and of course new stuff is poppin up all over.

[elperromagico]

36. I've passed Clinton's library several times. You should see it at night.

When it's lit up at night, it looks gorgeous. In the daytime - well - it's butt-ugly IMHO.

[yellowdogintexas]

38. it is pretty at night,

It wasn't completed when I drove through there at night though.

Hopefully the next time I drive to Kentucky I will have time to stop and check it out.

[Beaverhausen]

14. Whos are A's, C's and D's?

I have no idea how to punctuate that question!

[Fenris]

15. Other: Filing Cabinet LBJ

Cool place, but my God, the horror.

[Justitia]

17. "the horror" - you are so right!

What an ugly, intimidating, unwelcome bldg.

Somebody did ya wrong LBJ.

[bookman]

19. Unlike the others...

... it's open to the public for free.

[laheina]

24. It looks like a munitions bunker. n/t

[imenja]

25. It is ugly

but I love Austin, I love UT. Lots of memories there.

[Zuni]

29. what an awful building

[Politicub]

18. B looks like a tacky hotel

It gets my vote.

[TwentyFive]

21. Maybe Photoshop in a "Super 8" sign and the word vacancy?

If it's the Reagan library, vacancy would be quite fitting.

[Politicub]

26. Great idea

If I had the photoshop skills I would do just that

[UdoKier]

22. C- looks like a typical office park

not a Presidential Library.

[XNASA]

23. The votes are in! And it's Reagan in a landslide!!!!

A. Bush 1
B. Reagan
C. Carter
D. Kennedy
E. Clinton

Miles O'Brien, you couldn't be more wrong you asswipe.

[DS1]

27. I want to Photoshop the rest of the BATTLESHIP GALATACA ship on Clinton's

:evilgrin:

[Zuni]

28. Worst--Clinton's/Best C followed by A

I do not like the design for the Clinton library---it just does not appeal to me. I picked that as my least favorite.

[SteppingRazor]

30. I was there!

I was at Reagan's library the day it opened (grandparents lived in Simi Valley at the time). Scary, eh?

[Bluebear]

32. What is B, "Best Western Pocatello 'Suites'?"

With in-room coffeemaker and HBO? Surely that's a wrong picture!

[skygazer]

33. Honestly, I don't like any of them

The landscaping on C looks nice so I'll give it points for that but the building is ugly.

A looks like a courthouse.

B looks like either a rehab or a prison (same thing, really).

D is one of those "modern" looking places that seems cold and sterile.

And E looks like something out of a space flick.