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another interesting post, Henry! Michael Sorkin – I agree, he seems to have a lot of sense..

Wow, Henry – a really good read – thanks! and you are right..one really needs to see it, before judging..Guilty as charged!!!

Rob, there are no words with the picture, in your link…Just the picture..Is that your intent?  (or is it my computer not working properly..?) I find your take interesting and would like to read more, if there is more?

You could say that about anything, Mike!  A home renovation has a massive team of stakeholders..Are you saying design criticism is pointless? I beg to differ. And as for addressing a massive group of varied stakeholders, you are aware that the single design was chosen with the single designer (for the park part) there was no massive response to…[Read more]

I read someone describe the two holes with water draining into them as symbolic of the amount of money spent on this thing.. that is it, for me..Those empty voids – BAD design idea in my book.

Green Card, Andie McDowell is a garden designer…
How about expand to fiction – I love Agatha Christie’s mystery that revolves around a garden in an old quarry, and the garden designer who was obsessed with his creation..

Two words: solar panels..Take the challenge and make them look good. Run the parking lot lighting off them. Use them also as shade structures, although where you are you probably don’t want that…How about use them as benche structures? Nothing wrong with having a bench for granny to sit on when you hoisting the kids up the four steps to get…[Read more]

Plus, it’s a sellers market when it comes to the studenting business – schools are desperate for students because they make money off your federal loans, and then don’t care if you graduate or not, or what kind of job you get. UPenn accepts everyone who applies, so find a program that will NOT put you in debt – change states, if you can get…[Read more]

hee! funny, Henry..Actually cynicism, sarcasm and disrespect predate my birth in my family by at least two generations that I know of..It’s genetic, is my excuse!.
Sorry, Benjamin, but I seriously would spend two years drafting somewhere, and then decide. And I don’t mean drawing with a nice pencil, grades 6b to F, or with prismas..Learn to click…[Read more]

buddy, so little of what one ends up doing is ‘design’..If I were you, I would work for a firm in some kind of dog-level work for as long as you can. Both professions spend MUCH more time calculating curve dimensions, road profiles is a good example, or the tedium of making specifications work with your plans..the frustration of meeting clients…[Read more]

I grew up travelling around the world and was exposed to many different landscapes, many of them very beautiful, including Lebanon, Greece, the Philipenes and various European cities. When I graduated from college, I moved to Brooklyn, living right next to Olmsted’s masterpiece, Prospect Park. I worked as an urban park ranger and environmental…[Read more]

I don’t remember, Mark, sorry…Too long ago…I would do it, though – he is worth what he charges, IMHO..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/aug/16/tories-riots-bonkers-liberal-democrat
Here’s some Brits who think differently. They want to emulate Germany – strong Unions, strong social safety nets, great economy.

I agree, Max, I took Mike Lin’s class years ago, and absolutley loved it..He liked to call me ‘Too Loose”, which I found amusing – I am too loose in drawing, and his class managed to give me the  concentration to  tighten up a bit..
But I agree, I had a terrific time in Mike Lin’s class, and got a lot out of it..
You may find some different o…[Read more]

 Craig, read the link Jason posted. “Blame single mothers’ is the meme, and this is an argument that is always associated with racism. There is social context to one’s opinions, and if one wants to pal around with racist views, geuss what you end up with? Or perhaps it is  just as ok to pretend that it is only ‘single  mothers’ that ‘really con…[Read more]

I think you should be kicked off for posting that disgusting racist claptrap, that is always associated with racist attitudes – who are you kidding, and hiding behind?  I will erase that comment but you should erase that link –  it is traditional republican racist opinion, and to pretend you are ‘independent’ from that argument is denying the re…[Read more]

I think it is sprawl that creates the anomie that possibly is giving rise the the London riots, although the Al Jazeera reporter yesterday said there is categorically NO political component at all, several times..
I grew up in McLean Virginia, one of the most disgusting sprawl environments I ever had to experience, with the exception of Gwinnett…[Read more]

ha, I know that episode – good social commentary..How about the one with Obama and McCain, where they turn into mob-types, once they have taken the whitehouse, and make off with the loot..

are you asking me to defend Obama? I am not one of those. Please add to his infractions the lack of use of recess apointments – he had two years before the repubs started holding the intersession sessions to block recess apointments. Also add the use of signing statements, the increased use of drones in afghanastan, the expansion of our wars to…[Read more]

Todd, I have log ago given up on being able to spell Olmsted…with any regularity..and I mean democratic with a small d.
here’s to compromise and polite conversation..even if it is politics..I can ONLY do that on-line,, actually –  where come from, politics is off – limits unless you want a black eye and no dinner…