
Despite it’s many problems, Metro is still an architectural masterpiece.

Despite it’s many problems, Metro is still an architectural masterpiece.
Taking a page from Mac’s book, I’ve decided to open up the pages to some guest bloggers while I’m off to Kirk’s wedding in Southern Illinois, at my aunt’s house — notable for [more...]
I’m thrilled with what’s happening in San Francisco — so much happiness taking place is refreshing and hopeful. I’m also amazed at the lack of screaming from the right… for now. But what I [more...]
Seen this afternoon at Pentagon City mall:
Do you think they wear capes and masks? What kind of work do they do? And just what makes these men so dangerous, anyway?
It’s too bad they had to install those sound baffles in most of the coffers. And the stains from leakage are unfortunate. And of course they ran out of money and had to switch to a less-expensive architecture than the wonderful coffers for the newer, outlying underground stations…
But nothing is as annoying as the fact that most of the escalators are broken on my route on any given day. Farragut West 17th street exit always has at least one down escalator. It looks like they are taking the Washington Posts’s suggestion and turning them off and calling them ‘stairs.’