I.M. Pei (https://www.cnn.com/style/article/im-pei-dead-at-102/index.html), who forever cursed Hyde Park with this monstrosity:
(https://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/8fuS0-8OAV50JJf-kGqe4A/o.jpg)
Quote from: flannj on May 18, 2019, 08:37:14 AM
The townhouses are hideous.
Exactly the opposite of what the neighborhood needed.
I think I've already mentioned the absurd high-rise development craze that has been going on. I just don't get it; San Francisco rents aren't going to fly unless the NOT HARVARD PROBLEM involves a hell of a lot of parental cash (I also think that hujub have largely become fashion statements on campus, but that's different matter). I mean, it took the abominable "Solstice in the Park" around a decade for somebody to finish, complete with -- I'm pretty sure -- low-flow toilets.
The Booth School has either failed again or planned poorly. I don't know how much of this is anything but really expensive, bad bets.
But, you win some, you lose some, and maybe sometimes you augur some (http://hydeparkprogress.blogspot.com/2007/11/zenos-paradox-do-classically-trained.html). (I think it should be clear who's who in this exchange; yes, *that* Fama; if only burghers went for two at $5, I could figure out something more specific.)