Brian Sirman is a Ph.D. candidate and Lecturer/Senior Teaching Fellow in Boston University's American & New England Studies Program. He is currently writing his dissertation, titled, Concrete Dreams: Architecture, Politics, and Boston's New City Hall, 1960-2010.
For the past two years, I have taught a course on Reviled Architecture at Boston University. The class explored a variety of buildings that frequently incite people’s ire, and my…