Mr. Charles Windsor

>there are lots of untested ways to regulate 'speculation' that range from my
>call of the abololition of private property to governemntal controls for
>value, use, amount, allocation etc. of existing properties.  You will surely

'If not a socialist before thirty, no heart;
if still a socialist after fourty, no head.'

>No,I'm one of those big bad reviewers who haven't read HRH; I though his book
>was just full of glossy pics.  It seems that his and Chris Alexander's books
>are the ONLY ones you read, so it seems there cannot be much a a dialogue
>here

I've read quite a bit actually, by lay standards at any rate.  I even read
Tom Wolfe's book on architecture.

But you might try Windsor and re-read Alexander, (I think its $50 now).
There really are useful ideas there, particularly if one actually gets to
mess with the built environment.


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David Sucher
from CITY COMFORTS: How to Build an Urban Village

on Encouraging the *Chance Encounter*

'In the traditional office the watercooler is the place where we meet
accidentally. The virtual office will succeed when we there is a virtual
watercooler.'
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