Here was a "Forsyth County Hall of Justice" from 1975, seen here aged 48 yrs.

Here we have "pre-cast concrete panels with an irregular fenestration pattern" joined with a windowless wall of "blond brick veneer," according to the building's entry in the federal documentation of the Downtown Winston-Salem Historic District.

In my opinion "blond" suggests a yellower color than this. I prefer to describe the brick veneer as "light brown."

To call this a "hall of justice" is to assert that perfection has been achieved in the administration of justice therein. The name is loaded with preemptive defiance of earnest public questioning as to whether a given outcome represents actual justice; and mocks the victims of miscarriages of justice that have occurred there. It would be better (i.e., more humble) to call it a "courthouse."

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In downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on April 2nd, 2023, the Forsyth County Hall of Justice (built 1974-1975, a "contributing property" in the Downtown Winston-Salem Historic District, 100008467 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the northwest corner of West 2nd Street and North Main Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Forsyth (county) (2001494)
• Winston-Salem (7014637)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• barriers (300005043)
• Brutalist (300112048)
• county courthouses (300005979)
• historic buildings (300008063)
• historic districts (300000737)
• irregular (300010347)
• light brown (300127503)
• masonry veneer (300444225)
• oblique views (300015503)
• precast concrete (300010771)
• spring (season) (300133097)
• traffic signals (300003915)
• trees (300132410)

Wikidata items:
• 2 April 2023 (Q69306756)
• 1970s in architecture (Q17173162)
• 1975 in architecture (Q2812656)
• April 2 (Q2511)
• April 2023 (Q61313055)
• barricade (Q81715)
• contributing property (Q76321820)
• Downtown Winston-Salem Historic District (Q121261745)
• Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area (Q112612612)
• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• ornamental tree (Q33249028)
• Piedmont (Q426977)
• Piedmont Triad (Q3067058)
• signalized intersection (Q2940218)
• streetcorner (Q17106091)
• traffic cone (Q694547)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Courthouses—North Carolina (sh89004288)
• Trees in cities (sh85137261)

Taken in: United States / North Carolina / Winston Township / Winston-Salem (show map)

Taken on: April 2, 2023

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Sets appears in: • Winston-Salem, city of chainsmoking Winstons and Salems. • Things of seventies.

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