The videotapes of the murder of George Floyd has changed the world. It was diabolic, the deliberate way with which Derek Chauvin knelt on George’s throat, and kept it there, ignoring the suggestion from one, and maybe both of the rookies that he should turn George on his side. Just saying that took a lot … Continue reading Reform is a rough slog
It was a couple years ago and I was talking with our former Building Inspector, Louis Hasbrouck and we were talking about why he approved this huge solar heated building on a dead-end street off of Prospect Street. I thought I had got the best of him, because the building was much too tall for … Continue reading Look Mom, No zoning!
I thought of that old saying last night after watching about an hour and a half’s worth of public comment before the City Council. The Corona virus has blown away many old customs and one of the casualties was the public comment session. God knows I have wasted many hours of my life getting aggravated … Continue reading “It’s an ill wind that blows no one any good.”
“In the ski business we call projects like Cummington Farms ‘monuments.’ To make money, you can’t spend too much on the building. All the floors and windows at Cummington Farms had to be replaced. If the Rockefellers or Donald Trump were funding the place, the work would have been perfect. The big horseshoe shaped building … Continue reading Cummington Farms
