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Please note that these Hall of Shame nominations were written in a moment in time (most over a decade ago) and likely have since changed or even been transformed. If the above entry is now great, or still not so great, go ahead and comment below on how it has evolved or nominate it as a great place.

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British Museum Entranceway

London

United Kingdom

Contributed by 
Project for Public Spaces
 on 
September 4, 2003
December 14, 2017

This feels like the entranceway to a building that doesn't want visitors.

What makes it Great?

Why it doesn't work?

This almost feels like the truck entranceway or the entranceway to a public building that doesn't want visitors. There is no art, no flowers, and no park... nothing to do. And yet behind this empty courtyard is a vast, wonderful museum, one of the most honored in the world.

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*Please note that these Hall of Shame nominations were written in a moment in time (most over a decade ago) and likely have since changed or even been transformed. If the above entry is now great, or still not so great, go ahead and comment below on how it has evolved or nominate it as a great place.

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