Form forces function: Part 6, Who chose the concrete, anyway?
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 5 and the preceding Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.] By: David A. Smith By now we’ve determined that the Paul-Rudolph county office complex in Goshen, NY will not...
View ArticleForm forces function: Part 7, Who can be a hero?
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 6 and the preceding Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.] By: David A. Smith With all the practical negatives facing Orange County Government Center, a reader...
View ArticleForm forces function: Part 8, Who will bet real money on its future?
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 7 and the preceding Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6.] By: David A. Smith After seven previous parts readers may no doubt wonder not only why...
View ArticleMonth in review, February 2015: Part 1, Global to personal
By: David A. Smith Among housing’s many fascinations for me is that it connects the most global issues (like money and currency) with the most local ones (such as where to buy a condo or co-op), and in...
View ArticleMonth in review, February 2015: Part 2, From Yes to No to Maybe
By: David A. Smith [Continued from yesterday’s Part 1.] Though committees, as we saw yesterday, have grave difficulty approving and acting upon anything, the same groups can swiftly reach a consensus...
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