http://offcite.org/2009/10/20/revisiting-cite-73-houston-traditions Design. Houston. Architecure. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:54:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://offcite.org/2009/10/20/revisiting-cite-73-houston-traditions/comment-page-1#comment-301 anonymous student of architecture Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:10:15 +0000 http://offcite.org/?p=1946#comment-301 In rereading Hindsight: the Ashby Highrise, the author made an assumption and revealed his slanted opinion in the matter while feigning neutrality throughout the entire article till the very end. First the assumption that "strongly values neighborhood cohesion as a positive force" is a wildly subjective litmus test for any city's growth. I may ask, who decides the criteria for what that cohesion is and how is it positive? Or better what is the positive attributes for any neighborhood in the vast long term? All too subjective for a single property to be determined by people in the adjacency. The author also clearly ends with emotional hyperbole "Bissonet Canyon," landowners could only dream to be so lucky. Nice subtle piece of pacifying proganda, I hope you never employ this author for any future articles. As a student of architecture it is obvious that the local institutions are only interested in keeping our profession as the "house-pets for the rich." I am progress, not perfection. In rereading Hindsight: the Ashby Highrise, the author made an assumption and revealed his slanted opinion in the matter while feigning neutrality throughout the entire article till the very end. First the assumption that “strongly values neighborhood cohesion as a positive force” is a wildly subjective litmus test for any city’s growth. I may ask, who decides the criteria for what that cohesion is and how is it positive? Or better what is the positive attributes for any neighborhood in the vast long term? All too subjective for a single property to be determined by people in the adjacency. The author also clearly ends with emotional hyperbole “Bissonet Canyon,” landowners could only dream to be so lucky. Nice subtle piece of pacifying proganda, I hope you never employ this author for any future articles. As a student of architecture it is obvious that the local institutions are only interested in keeping our profession as the “house-pets for the rich.” I am progress, not perfection.

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