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The Portland Building's reputation has continued to falter. By 2009, Travel + Leisure magazine had dubbed it one of the world's ugliest buildings. But worse than clickbait criticism, the building faced the real possibility of demolition. In early January 2014, a report found that the building was in need of $95 million dollars (£61.5 million) in repairs, largely due to leaks that have plagued the structure since it opened. The building also failed to meet seismic codes.

The report spurred many on the Portland City Council to call for the structure to be demolished with a new municipal services building to be constructed in its place. At an event following the announcement of the report Graves bemoaned his reception in the city. "350 buildings, and I don't have this treatment anywhere else... Usually when I revisit buildings, it's to get the keys to the city. Here, there are tomatoes for sale," Graves told an audience during the city's design week in 2014. "The whole idea of tearing the building down, it's like killing a child," he added.
The suggestion of demolition prompted a reconsideration of the building, and started a debate on the preservation of Postmodern buildings, which has since continued with the controversial plans to refurbish British architect James Stirling's 1 Poultry building in London.

"Postmodernism is not, now, our style, but are we really comfortable demolishing its most prominent exemplar?" asked Dezeen columnist Alexandra Lange.

"I hate to be in the position of telling a city it has to keep something I wouldn't want in my own, but history does change perception."

Ref: https://www.dezeen.com/2015/09/12/postmodernism-architecture-portland-municipal-services-building-michael-graves/
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