tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post117121684131053808..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Weekend Reading: Kamin on What Lies Beneath, plus End of Winter: Myth or Possibility?Lynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1171635221221552512007-02-16T08:13:00.000-06:002007-02-16T08:13:00.000-06:00If you are interested in wine making then you need...If you are interested in wine making then you need to do a little homework before you get started. Wine making is not something that you can just plunge into and learn along the way, you need to do some research so that you know that you are not missing any vital wine making steps or processes. If you do miss these wine making your wine could very well turn out tasting like anything but wine.<BR/><BR/>Wine making is a something fun that you can do in your spare time and at the end you will have a glorious result. Wine making is something that people tend to get hooked on because the very first batch is not usually perfect, it may taste delicious but it will not be perfect. As you learn about wine making and as you get the wine making experience behind you your wine will get better and better. You will undoubtedly pick up tips and tricks to help you improve your wine making capabilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1171326877913064532007-02-12T18:34:00.000-06:002007-02-12T18:34:00.000-06:00I was unmoved by Kamin's critique. Mediocre build...I was unmoved by Kamin's critique. Mediocre buildings are a part of the city-any city, including Chicago of the past (surely no one thinks that every pre-war building was a masterpiece). What was puzzling was his conclusion, which lauded the Pappageorge project on Roosevelt, while acknowledging it was not great architecture, on the grounds it more or less fit in with the wall of buildings around it.<BR/><BR/>Huh? What does it accomplish that the Left Bank doesn't? My take-away was that Blair likes glass, not concrete.<BR/><BR/>If we're in the business of promoting city-friendly design, we can restrict our interventions or prescriptions to something simple like David Sucher's three rules. If we're about skyline-friendly design, I think something similarly simple will suffice, such as reductions in floorplates for every additional x stories, reducing the "bland vanilla box" effect while allowing designers freedom of materials. But I do think it is incumbent upon critics like Kamin to suggest improvements rather than the meaningless practice of pointing to buildings they like and criticizing those they don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1171320303400533562007-02-12T16:45:00.000-06:002007-02-12T16:45:00.000-06:00Kind of odd that he mentions 30 W Oak (which is a ...Kind of odd that he mentions 30 W Oak (which is a fine building) when that project resulted in the destruction of the Scholl’s School.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com