Alan Ray, RLA

true, Govt. does create jobs…..Obama has expanded the govt. by 200,000 jobs already….
the problem is that these jobs take money instead of making money…so they are not sustainable unless,guess what., you pay more taxes to support them….
also Tracie, you need to re do your math. 350 million would only be 1 dollar per person….so,,,,,

You may have it there Douglas …. and making $335K+…what a job!

The Chicago Museum of Art is a must…..
also, the Historic Skyscraper Tour is the most interesting and educational of all the tours I’ve taken….

So, how many firms do you think own their own buildings?
Most seem to rent space in a building……I rented space in a building for over 20 years and could have not altered the building….so………how would you make that work?

Yeah I guess, it does seem quite hypocritical to me that they only seem to be against war if it meets their political agenda…and the new guy starts a war w/out congressional approval, what? can’t be true…
I’m apolitical and against war no mater which Dood in in office….I frankly see no dif. in these guys…meet the new boss, same as the old…[Read more]

I didn’ understand your comment…..I tried but just couldn’t get it. Please elaborate…..

sometimes you can reinvent the wheel and sometimes you can’t….experience will tell you when each is or is not appropriate.
It was real important to me that I establish myself as a good designer in my younger days and it served me well in that 99% of my work now  is referral…in the early days of my career I was able to win several ASLA awards,…[Read more]

Huh?

try this, ignore the client and see how long you’re in business…..that’l show em.
I go behind other LAs all the time because they didn’t do what the client wanted….
You can give the client what they want with style and finess that’s why they hire you. they
do know that you can help them otherwise they’d do the design themselves….most never…[Read more]

Thanks for posting Thomas, I haven’t seen that in quite a while….check out P.F. Live at Pompei…..Oh, and for your continued ed in P.F., find a copy of Meddle, My fave P.F. disk of all time………….

my comment was an obscure Pink Floyd tune from long ago……………
 

Be careful with that ax Eugene!!!

check out ….. weeping love grass….
I’ts very nice on banks….
 

I hope they have a bachelor degree in LA…I have friends w/ MLA’s from the the so-called best programs in the country and they can not pass the lare….so…get the ed somewhere….
 

RLA and LA are the same where title laws exist.

Love the “Botiques”…
have worked in the largest and the smallest…..
smaller requires more skills I believe….so you will develpope more skills
that will serve you well into the future….

The local AIA and eneineers do a lot of community service projects….this gets them lots o  pub on tv and newspapers….while the general public is still not sure what they do either. Many of my architect friends tell me that most of their clients think they are the builder or contractor for homes….funny how the public overall does not think…[Read more]

is Phillys’  HOT CLUB still in action?….it’s been a few years…..
I’d definately visit the controversial ” Barnes Collection” in Philly… be sure to watch
“Art Of The Steal” first…you can stream on netflix..
Stay at Bellvue Stratford and chill at Rittenhouse Square then walk down South Street and be impressed by all the Cast Iron facade bu…[Read more]

Great!
I would have paid to see Halprin!
that turned out much better that I thought.

Since 1970 I have been aware of ASLA’s so called mission to educate the public about landscape architecture. I was a full member for 15 years+or-..I don’t even want to know what I spent….My wife would probably chide me for such wasteful folly…I was a believer though and bought the hype……still would like to be…
Today in 2011, I still find…[Read more]