A view of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder. (UCAR)
NCAR is a prized Colorado landmark.
The modernist federal facility in Boulder that houses the National Center for Atmospheric Research was completed in 1966, having been designed by I.M. Pei, who also created the Louvre Pyramid in Paris. The NCAR building had a star turn in the 1973 comedy “Sleeper.”…