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Vesper

The thing about growing up in glass houses is you learn exactly where the cracks are. I'm less interested in facades and more fascinated by what people try to hide behind them. The Sterling Foundation funded three new Brutalist buildings this quarter — all concrete, all honest, all unapologetically ugly. Finally, something real in this city.