Like many of his fellow Lake Countians, The Hound burned up $4-a-gallon gas cruising the byways on a sun-filled three-day weekend. That was a good thing until passing by the new branch court on Greenleaf Street in Park City. They couldn't make this building any more dismal looking?
OK, so it's a court, it's being built by the low bidder and The Hound would probably complain if more money was being spent to gussy up the place. But couldn't they make it a bit more architecturally pleasing? The Hound isn't looking for eye candy here, but something that doesn't shout: Ministry of the Homeland Protectorate --- Soviet Union style. The Hound has seen better Romanian office buildings circa the Cold War.
Granted, the branch the new court is replacing was in itself quite depressing. Especially when The Hound had to pay the piper in that part of the strip mall west of Lakehurst/Fountain Square. The Hound also has seen the Mundelein branch court, the one actually located in the Diamond Lake area. That seems fairly pleasant, even though one is usually not there for pleasantries --- don't ask.
That being said it looks like the county has settled for function over form, which still doesn't make it right. Actually, it makes it downright ugly.
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