I was summoned for jury duty and all I got was this pretty photograph. [OC]

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I was summoned for jury duty and all I got was this pretty photograph.

#architecture #NewJersey #Newark #BlueSky

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Were you dismissed from jury duty when they learned you were a crime dad?

Lol not yet.

Though, TBF, what better jury of your peers than someone who also commits crimes?

There might actually be a case to be made that a jury should only consist of people who have gone through the system.

Was it because you complimented the Brutalist architecture? They probably put you on a list now.

Brutalist architecture is beautiful in its own way

At least prisoners can't jump the windows

I'm 99% sure there's security reasons for this design

Looks like you got summoned to the prison for jury duty.

When I was a kid I used to drive by the Pirelli building all the time and dreading that I might have to go to work in a big, beige building like that one day. I never liked buildings like that until somehow it just clicked for me in my late twenties. Now I think brutalism and similar styles are wonderful.

Anyway, maybe I'm just a weirdo, but it was actually surprisingly pleasant in there: clean and calm with friendly, easy going staff. I kind of regret getting excused a little bit.

You'll love the AT&T Long Lines Building in NYC then.

It's a beautiful building but it's frightening to see in real life. A monolithic lair for some unseen unknowable horror.

Part of what I like about it is that it's not pretending to be something else. It looks like a an extremely secure, resilient building, which is exactly what it is, but it still looks good.

I actually think thats a pretty building, while finding the other buildings mentioned in this thread boring to ugly. Just to put in my two cents. At least this one has a prettier color.

A lot of US Courthouses are physically connected to the Jailhouse and PD, I assume it's the same for other nations but idk.

Honestly I'd feel lucky just to have come out of there alive..

I think the same thing every time I go to Newark

Newark is treating me well so far. We're on lunch break and I'm having a big open-faced Reuben at Hobby's right now.

Justice is a dish that is best served with Thousand Island dressing