{"id":163949,"date":"2025-08-21T14:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/163949\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:13:08","slug":"ugliest-public-buildings-list-includes-peoria-winnebago-spots-see-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/163949\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Ugliest Public Buildings’ list includes Peoria, Winnebago spots. See ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is ‘hostile architecture?’ Why OKC put boulders under bridge<\/p>\n

Officials said the boulders are to push people toward housing or other resources, but experts say it’s not an effective way to address the problem.<\/p>\n

A New Jersey real estate team published a list of the 100 ugliest public buildings<\/a> in the country, and two Illinois structures made the list.<\/p>\n

The Robert Dekanski Team surveyed more than 3,000 people and released a ranking of “the 100 most unattractive public buildings” in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Here’s what they found.<\/p>\n

Peoria, Winnebago Courthouses make ‘Ugliest Public Buildings’ list<\/p>\n

The Peoria County Courthouse<\/a> made the list at No. 37, seemingly not impressing voters with its plain, beige exterior. Meanwhile, the Winnebago County Circuit Court<\/a>, located in Rockford, landed at No. 56 on the list.<\/p>\n

Courthouses dominate ‘Ugliest Public Buildings’ list<\/p>\n

As illustrated by the Illinois selections, the New Jersey team found that more than half of the top 30 entries were courthouses or judicial centers, seemingly based on their “cold and fortress-like” appearances.<\/p>\n

“That’s not entirely surprising,” the report reads. “Many were built during the mid-to-late 20th century when brutalist and utilitarian styles were the norm.”<\/p>\n

Rankings based on more than just appearance<\/p>\n

The team noted in the report that the rankings were often based on more than just the buildings’ physical appearances, with factors like the structures’ function and upkeep claiming importance as well.<\/p>\n

“A drab building that still delivers great service might be tolerated,” the report says. “But if it’s crumbling and confusing to navigate? That’s when complaints really stack up.”<\/p>\n

Top 10 ‘Ugliest Public Buildings’<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of buildings that made the top of the list:<\/p>\n

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  1. City of Flint Municipal Center<\/strong> in Flint, Michigan<\/li>\n
  2. Fresno County Superior Court<\/strong> in Fresno, California<\/li>\n
  3. Buffalo City Court<\/strong> in Buffalo, New York<\/li>\n
  4. Jackson County Courts Building<\/strong> in Pascagoula, Mississippi<\/li>\n
  5. Philadelphia Municipal Services Building <\/strong>in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n
  6. Akron Municipal Court<\/strong> in Akron, Ohio<\/li>\n
  7. Atlantic City Municipal Court <\/strong>in Atlantic City, New Jersey<\/li>\n
  8. Bentonville Public Works Maintenance Facility<\/strong> in Bentonville, Arkansas<\/li>\n
  9. Tuscaloosa County Public Works Building<\/strong> in Tuscaloosa, Alabama<\/li>\n
  10. El Paso County Court Administration Building<\/strong> in El Paso, Texas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What is ‘hostile architecture?’ Why OKC put boulders under bridge Officials said the boulders are to push people…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":163950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[647,931,2513,94636,648,1032,21976,2542,3189,3059,356,66048,1033,171,1074,1089,1075,30315,40245,5386,51046,1818,12356,1039,641,425,666,4297,2551,1077,644,663,451,635,401,50,450,457,1076,26790,3190,40242,645,1078,1164,639,661,646,67,132,68,467,640,94635,88496],"class_list":{"0":"post-163949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-and","10":"tag-architecture","11":"tag-architecture-and-design","12":"tag-arts","13":"tag-arts-and-design","14":"tag-buildings","15":"tag-connect","16":"tag-content","17":"tag-county","18":"tag-courts","19":"tag-courts-u0026-judiciary","20":"tag-design","21":"tag-entertainment","22":"tag-exclude","23":"tag-exclude-from-paywall-logic-testing","24":"tag-from","25":"tag-historical","26":"tag-historical-sites-u0026-buildings","27":"tag-il","28":"tag-il-content-sharing","29":"tag-illinois","30":"tag-jersey","31":"tag-judiciary","32":"tag-know","33":"tag-local","34":"tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","35":"tag-local-affiliate-travel","36":"tag-local-connect","37":"tag-logic","38":"tag-modular","39":"tag-modular-story","40":"tag-negative","41":"tag-new","42":"tag-new-jersey","43":"tag-news","44":"tag-overall","45":"tag-overall-negative","46":"tag-paywall","47":"tag-peoria","48":"tag-sharing","49":"tag-sites","50":"tag-story","51":"tag-testing","52":"tag-travel","53":"tag-ttp","54":"tag-ttp-what-we-know","55":"tag-u0026","56":"tag-united-states","57":"tag-unitedstates","58":"tag-us","59":"tag-we","60":"tag-what","61":"tag-winnebago","62":"tag-winnebago-county"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}