{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:3623","isTnfCompatible":true,"datePublished":"2008-06-06T15:30:43Z","title":"Okay, new best line of the day","slug":"okay-new-best-line-of-the-day","wordCount":46,"layout":"standard","isFreelance":false,"isPython3":true,"preview":null,"watsonInfo":{"topCategory":{"full":"/law, govt and politics/government/parliament","one":"law, govt and politics","two":"government","three":"parliament","four":null,"__typename":"WatsonTopCategory"},"categories":["/law, govt and politics/government/parliament","/business and industrial/company/annual report","/art and entertainment/books and literature/poetry"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo","keywords":["Scottish Parliament building","city hall","Vogon love poem","new Scottish Parliament","Paul Krugman"]},"grapeshot":{"segments":["gs_politics","pos_alcohol","pos_chasemarriott","pos_citibank","pos_creditcard","pos_disasters","pos_diseases","pos_disney_fxfargo","pos_ey","pos_facebook_safety","pos_hermes","pos_ibm","pos_mobkoi","an_bankofamerica_negative","an_facebook_safe","an_fidelity_safe","an_jpmc_safe","an_ms_safe","an_volvo_safe","ap_alfaromeo_safe","ap_bankofamerica_safe","ap_citi_banking_safe","ap_citi_hurricanes","ap_citi_injury","ap_citi_naacp_safe","ap_citi_sex_safe","ap_citi_transportation_safe","ap_facebook_infeed_safe","ap_facebook_safe","ap_fidelity_safe","ap_gwp","ap_jpmc_safe","ap_ms_safe","ap_netflix_israeli_safe","ap_texas_shooting_safe","ap_volvo_safe","general_safe_gv","gs_politics_misc","gs_politics_british","neg_fx","gs_entertain_books","gs_tech_social","shadow9hu7_pos_septembereleven","gs_entertain","gs_tech"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"editorialProject":null,"seoTitle":"Okay, new best line of the day","shareTitle":"Okay, new best line of the day","dek":"","shareDek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/06/okay-new-best-line-of-the-day/3623/","ampUrl":"https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/3623/","fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/3623/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/06/okay-new-best-line-of-the-day/3623/","hasMeter":true,"dateModified":"2013-07-17T19:16:48Z","shareImage2x1":null,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Business","__typename":"Channel","slug":"business"},"authors":[{"displayName":"Megan McArdle","socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author","id":"Author:825","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/megan-mcardle/","biography":{"default":"Megan McArdle is a columnist at Bloomberg View and a former senior editor at The Atlantic. Her new book is The Up Side of Down.","__typename":"Biography"}}],"channels":[{"slug":"business","__typename":"Channel"}],"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Business","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/","slug":"business"},"reviews":[],"secondaryByline":"","shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareText":null,"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleLegacyHtml","tagName":"P","idAttr":"","className":"","style":"","innerHtml":"Move over, Paul Krugman. My former co-blogger describes Boston's City Hall as \"a poured-concrete Vogon love poem\".

Update A commenter suggests that the new Scottish Parliament building makes Boston's city hall look like Browning. We report, you decide:

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Scottish Parliament building

$\"275px-03-30-07-BostonCityHall.jpg\"$ Boston's City Hall"}],"categories":[],"leadArt":null,"embeds":[],"editorsNote":null,"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}