eyesore

Destination Crenshaw was supposed to transform 1.3 miles of Crenshaw Boulevard along Metro’s K Line into an art-filled gathering space, but according to some neighbors, the project has become an inconvenience and eyesore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

They hoped it would rid them of what they consider both an eyesore and an environmental hazard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

To the east, the city’s Department of Transportation plaza is a fenced-off eyesore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

"It has been an eyesore for a number of years," she said.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

Tía Mimi's hedge of bright red ginger shielded us somewhat from the sight of the eyesore palace and of the dictator strolling of a Sunday afternoon with his three-year-old grandson in a minuscule general's uniform.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Marlyn Castner, 71, who moved down from Portage, Mich., and bought a condo in 2022, said she considers such sights eyesores, along with recreational vehicles parked in yards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

If fashion is a storyteller, what are these eyesores trying to tell us?

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

The ordinance isn’t a mechanism to remove mere eyesores, but a way to remove buildings that are open and unsafe.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

He spoke glowingly about his father’s early years as a Manhattan developer, his work turning eyesores into thriving skyscrapers, and the “vision he had to do things differently.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2023

The residence of Mr. Peter Pett, the well-known financier, on Riverside Drive is one of the leading eyesores of that breezy and expensive boulevard.

From Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse